Designing
the Learner Process
Designing an effective learner
process is critical to motivating your students to use higher-order thinking
skills. This is where that will happen. In addition to tips on writing the process,
this page links to tools to help students. Use these examples, or similar material,
to help your students learn to think like experts.
Links on this page are divided
into three categories. You will gain a nice overview of the WebQuest process
from the General
Process Information
links. Materials to help students
transform their thinking are in the Transformation
and Scaffolding category.
Finally, the Process
Guides category points
you to a number of examples for popular WebQuest processes.
 The
Process section is critical to the quality of your WebQuest. The type of
task you choose will influence the activities you choose for your process.
Write specific instructions for your students to enable them to turn their
new knowledge, thoughts and ideas into the task you've requested. Review
the links on this page for ideas on the scaffolds to help students accomplish
their tasks. The bottom of the page has sample instructions to help students
with routine group processes. You may want to link to these from your own
WebQeusts. |
General
Process Information
Scaffold
Thinking
Review the Scaffold
Thinking section from Tom March's information on designing WebQuests.
Process
Checklist
Use this
checklist to help you thoroughly review your process section. It may also
be useful for peer review.
Excellent Examples
In his brand new web site,
Tom March has chosen some of the best examples of Introductions,
Tasks,
Conclusions,
and other WebQuest pieces. Take a look at the Process section to find out how
others have written the transformative
thinking that is the essence of a quality WebQuest.
Transformation and Scaffolding
Taxonomy
of Information Patterns
Use this
table to assist
you in deciding on different ways to present information to students. Consider
these structures when writing the process section of your web site. Students
will find these useful, too.
Reception Scaffolds
This
useful table, from San Diego City Schools, suggests types of reception scaffolds,
examples, and tips on when to use. Be sure to look at some of the examples.
Transformation
Scaffolds
This
useful table, from San Diego City Schools, suggests types of transformation
scaffolds, examples, and tips on when to use.
Production
Scaffolds
This
useful table, from San Diego City Schools, suggests types of production
scaffolds, examples, and tips on when to use.
Information
Acquisition Scaffold
This
Inspiration
diagram
offers an overview of how to scaffold for Information
Acquistion.
Process
Guides
Student
Process Guides
Eight process
guides for students are available from San Diego City Schools. Topics include:
| Carefully
review your process to determine if it provides the guidance your students
will require to successfully complete your task. Have a trusted colleague
review your process to provide constructive feedback. |
For questions on this workshop,
contact Rebecca Fiedler.
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Last updated on
March 6, 2004. Based
on a template from The
WebQuest Page.