Option B: Mystery Strategy
Inquiry and investigation are higher-order thinking skills that are crucial for students achievement and success. Silver points out that all areas of the curriculum are filled with mysteries that need to be solved, thus stimulating students curiosity and providing ripe material for developing inquiry skills.
Select a topic in your curriculum that would lend itself to this type of instructional strategy and design a lesson using the Mystery strategy following the five planning steps outlined below:
Create a problem.
Create an explanation.
Determine clues to present.
Establish a scenario.
Establish work style.
Be sure to address the following:
Describe each of the five steps.
Explain ways in which you will be able to assess students for understanding throughout the lesson.
Write a conclusion that briefly explains how this strategy relates to brain-based research on how to best support student learning.
Support your Assignment using specific references to the Learning Resources, outside resources, and personal experiences.
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