Getting it in Their

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Chapter 13

• Getting it in Their
• Heads to Stay

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Different Kinds of Knowledge

• Knowledge includes
• Facts
• Books of the Bible in order
• Concepts
• Righteousness by faith
• Events
• How sin began and how God responded
• Rules
• Gods rules for living

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Different Kinds of Knowledge

• Skills include
• How to pray
• How to study the Bible
• How to find texts in the Bible
• How to share our fait with others

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Teaching Factual Knowledge

• Learning factual knowledge involves three steps
• Build understanding
• Organize the new knowledge
• Internalize, or memorize

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Helping Children Build Understanding

• KQL
• List what they already know (K)
• Create questions about the topic (Q)
• After the lesson is completed, list what they
  learned (L)

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KQL Graphic Organizer on Moses
Know Questions Learned
Born in Egypt Placed in a basket on the river Mother loved him Had a sister and a brother Adopted by the princess Did he care about the Hebrews? Did he know who his brother and sister were? Why did he leave Egypt? He asked God to spare the Hebrews. His brother sister were his helpers when he led the people out of Egypt. The first time he killed an Egyptian, the second time he led Israel out of slavery.
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Helping Children Build Understanding

• Using the senses
• Three-minute Pause
• Teacher talk
• Explain to a partner what they learned
• Ask any questions they have
• Next segment of teacher talk

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Teaching fuzzy concepts

• Use organizers to help children describe the
  concept in words they understand.
• The Web
• The T-chart

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Helping Children Organize Their Knowledge

• One of the easiest ways to organize learning is
  with a graphic organizer.
• KQL
• T-Chart
• Web
• These graphic organizers help children understand
  and organize factual knowledge.

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• How can a young man keep his way pure? By living
  according to your word (Psalm 1199, NIV)

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• I have hidden your word in my heart that I might
  not sin against you (Psalm 11911, NIV)

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone
  who asks you to give the reason for the hope that
  you have (1 Peter 315, NIV)

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• Choose a Bible version
• Be a model for your students
• Focus on meaning and memorization

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• To help children grasp the meaning of the Bible
  verse
• Ask open-ended questions
• Most important words and why
• Paraphrase the verse
• Insert their name
• Create a skit about the meaning of the verse

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Helping Children Memorize Scripture

• Fun ideas
• First Letters
• Fill in the blanks
• Key words
• Use visuals
• Use body motions
• Create a flow chart
• Use music or rhythm

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Teaching Skills

• Three steps for teaching skills
• Create a model
• Shape and refine the model
• Practice for mastery

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Creating a Model for a Skill

• Written list of steps
• Demonstrate
• Think aloud

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Shaping and Refining a Skill

• Point out common errors
• Identify common variations

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Internalizing a Skill

• Massed practice
• Distributed practice
• Chart progress

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Keys to Teaching Knowledge and Skills

• Factual knowledge
• Facts, concepts, events, and rules
• Skills
• Things children learn how to do
• Three steps for learning factual knowledge
• (1) Build understanding
• (2) Organize knowledge
• (3) Memorize

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Keys to Teaching Knowledge and Skills

• Fuzzy concepts (abstract ideas)
• More difficult to understand
• Require special techniques
• Three steps for learning skills
• (1) Building a mental model
• (2) Refining the steps
• (3) Practicing the steps
• Reflecting and reviewing help make learning
  permanent