Mike Peebles

Bonnie Drumwright

Phyllis Berry

Linda Ferguson

Lori Jarvis

Jane Harrington

Group 1: Oak Room

"Old fencing masters used to tell their students that you grip the sword as you would hold a sparrow.  If you hold it too tightly, it cannot breathe.  If you hold it too loosely, it will fly away." (Joyce & Weil, 2000)

• Discuss the above quote in light of the support it lends to Hilda Taba's Inductive Model. 
• Suggest specific situations where Taba's strategies may work within specific teaching units.  
• Create a hypothetical scenario where a teacher uses Taba's Concept Formation strategy within a lesson.
• Summarize the findings of the group and post to the Phorum.  

Dave Putney

Mike "Vito" Troiano

Jan Valine

Kathryn Odell

Vickie Miller

Group 2: Birch Room

"... reasonable people argue that if we teach the sciences inductively, we will lose coverage of the subjects ..." (pg 124)

• Discuss the above quote as it may pertain to Hilda Taba's Inductive Model. 
• Suggest specific situations where Taba's strategies may work within science teaching units.  
• Create a hypothetical scenario where a teacher uses Taba's Concept Formation strategy within a lesson.
• Summarize the findings of the group and post to the Phorum.  

Dan Grattan

John Dunn

Mike Yee

Ann Sperske

Margaret Martell

Richard Howe

Group 3: Red Room

"The skills of reading, the study of values, the analytic tools of scholars, and the nurture of intuition are compatible, and we can and should teach them simultaneously." (pg 124)

• Discuss the above quote as it may pertain to information processing strategies.
• Suggest specific situations where Taba's strategies may enable curricular content to be taught within the context of problem solving. 
• Create a hypothetical scenario where a teacher uses Taba's Concept Formation strategy within a lesson.
• Summarize the findings of the group and post to the Phorum.  

Sonja Bertolucci 

Roger Cramer

Tim Johnson

Dave Bayne

Heather Hoffman

Group 4: Blue Room

"To succeed, we need to infuse the curriculum with intellectual activity so that learning to think is an important component of every activity." (pg 124)

• Discuss the above quote as it may pertain to Hilda Taba's three strategies.
• Suggest specific situations where Taba's strategies might be used across the curriculum or in a staff development context.
• Create a hypothetical scenario where a teacher or mentor demonstrates Taba's strategies within a lesson or unit.
• Summarize the findings of the group and post to the Phorum.