Reading Three

Chapter 2 : Learner-Centered Classrooms
Case Study #1 - Four Classrooms, p. 33-34.

1. How does each of these scenarios related to the issue of learning environments?
These scenarios all related to the issue of environments.They all talk about the issue that the teacher need to solve through teaching. Classroom 1: The elementary-school teacher have to decide which mathematics software title is better for his students to understand easily. I think he can search the Internet to check out the feedback of these two products and then he can choose the better one to use it in the teaching. Classroom 2: The English teacher should give the students a set of links because to let the students to search the entire Internet is wast of time,and I think to search the Internet with a goal is good. Classroom 3: The teacher can show the animation during the lecture and if have chance, she also can show the animation to the students that really need help. Classroom 4: The teachers can arrange the time for students to use the computer, different time to let each student to use the computer.

2. Which cases present questions that could be addresses with the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles?
I think it's 1, 2,and 3, because these stories are talk about the teachers can not decide what to do is better for the students, their points are all focus on the student.

Case Study #2- WISE Learning Environment,pp.53-54.

1. How is WISE an example of a constructivist learning tool?
WISE provides students with opportunities to record their thikings, acquire research information, and even look for hints when they don't know what to do.Because it's designed for students in middle grades, WISE offers more structure than some other environments, but it also lets students work at their own pace and gives them flexibility in the order of their steps. One of the best things about WISE is that all the information students need is included, and the system allows them to explore the questions in depth

2.What features of group work are effective here
The features of group work effective here are students participating in them learn a scientific progress in a number of setting, as well as a number of strategies for working in group. When the students in a group, they first choose different topics and they combine what they know in the final disign.