Educators have spent ages arguing about whether the traditional classroom structure, with students all working on the same lesson, is really suited to different learning styles.
Twelve-year-old Yuval Kagan looks like he’s ready to work at a call center. He’s among 10 students sitting at a long table covered with laptop computers, talking into their headphones. ”Yes,” he says, looking at his computer screen. Yural is talking to a math teacher. If he has a question, he hits a button called “raise your hand” and the teacher speaks to him.
Yuval says he enjoys this form of teaching. “In a lesson with a class, the teacher always has to tell other students to stop talking, but here you can have one-on-one teaching.”
That personalized approach is what makes School of One different. It’s an after-school math program taking place here at I.S. 228 and two other middle schools. Kids spend part of their time working with online teachers. But teachers can also set instruction in small groups, where a teacher explains a special math problem. And sometimes they work together, as demonstrated by two boys using colorful blocks to figure out a geometry problem.
School of One was first piloted last summer with middle scholars in Chinatown. Assessment tests showed so much progress that the Department of Education expanded the program. Dominick D’Angelo, the principal of I.S. 228, says he wanted his sixth graders to take part because the traditional classroom doesn’t serve every child. But School of One is what its name suggests.
“A student is working at his or her own pace,” says D’Angelo. “Not with a group of 30 other students. If they don’t get it today, they have to work on it again tomorrow. They’re not left behind because they can’t catch up with the class. It’s at their own pace.”
Chancellor Joel Klein says “This kind of approach---students centered, not classroom centered---is going to be a part of the future of Education.”
But Daniel Willingham, a professor of Psychology says “Studies have been done trying to prove that some people learn best visually, however, other people learn best aurally (听觉上). They have shown that there’s no benefit in meeting the needs of those learning styles.” He adds, “It’s not clear whether considering different styles of learning makes a real difference.”
The city has raised money from private donors to keep the program going next fall. And though officials say they didn’t deliberately launch it this spring in time for the state exams, they’ll be very curious to see the performance of those 240 sixth graders at the three schools now using the School of One.
Title: Arguments about classroom structures and learning styles
| A comparison of two 【小题1】 approaches | 【小题2】 classroom | ●Classroom centered: all the students work on the 【小题3】 lesson. ●Teachers have to tell students to keep 【小题4】 in class. |
| School of One | ●【小题5】 centered: students spend part of their time working with online teachers and talking to them separately. ●Teachers can also organize the kids in small groups to explain special problems. Sometimes they can 【小题6】 . | |
| Experts’ opinions | ●The new approach will be part of the future of Education. ●Some people learn best visually, while other people learn best by 【小题7】 . ●It is not 【小题8】 to meet the needs of those learning styles. ●We are not 【小题9】 about whether considering different styles of learning makes a real difference. | |
| Officials’ expectations | ● How the three schools’ sixth graders 【小题10】 in the coming state exams. | |
【小题1】different
【小题2】Traditional/Conventional
【小题3】same
【小题4】quiet/silent/silence
【小题5】Students/Kids
【小题6】cooperate
【小题7】listening
【小题8】beneficial/useful
【小题9】sure/certain
【小题10】perform
解析试题分析:文章介绍了两种不同的教育方法的不同,传统的教育方法是教师为中心,School of One是以学生为中心,专家也对此表达了不同的观点。
【小题1】原词重现:从第一段的句子:Educators have spent ages arguing about whether the traditional classroom structure, with students all working on the same lesson, is really suited to different learning styles. 可知这篇文章讲的是两种不同的教学方法的比较。选different。
【小题2】原词重现:从第一段的句子:Educators have spent ages arguing about whether the traditional classroom structure,可知这句话讲的是传统的教室的情况:Traditional/Conventional
【小题3】原词重现:从第一段的句子:with students all working on the same lesson, is really suited to different learning styles. 可知传统的班级学生坐在同一个教室:same
【小题4】词义归纳题:从第三段的句子:“In a lesson with a class, the teacher always has to tell other students to stop talking,可知在传统的教室老师要学生保持安静: quiet/silent/silence
【小题5】原词重现:从第七段的句子:“This kind of approach---students centered, not classroom centered---is going to be a part of the future of Education.” 可知这种班级是学生为中心的,填Students/Kids
【小题6】词义归纳题:从第四段的句子:And sometimes they work together, as demonstrated by two boys using colorful blocks to figure out a geometry problem.可知work together= cooperate。
【小题7】词义归纳题:从倒数第二段的句子:“Studies have been done trying to prove that some people learn best visually, however, other people learn best aurally (听觉上). 可知有的热擅长视觉的学习,有的人擅长的是听力的。填listening
【小题8】词义归纳题:从倒数第二段的句子:They have shown that there’s no benefit in meeting the needs of those learning styles.”可知将benefit改成 beneficial/useful
【小题9】词义归纳题:从倒数第二段的句子:“It’s not clear whether considering different styles of learning makes a real difference.” 可知我们不确定是否采用不同的学习方法有影响。填sure/certain
【小题10】词性转化题:从最后一段的句子:they’ll be very curious to see the performance of those 240 sixth graders at the three schools now using the School of One. 可知将performance改成perform
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完成句子 (每题1分,共5分)
【小题1】我认为每个人在帮助解决气候变化的问题上都能够尽自己的一份力量。
I think everyone can ______ _____ _____ to help solve the problem of climate change.
【小题2】我就要完成这个报告了。
I’m well on the way ________ _____________ the report.
【小题3】很难去努力推进这样不适当的政策。
It is hard to ________ ___________ __________ such an unhappy policy.
【小题4】玛丽在她父亲下岗的时候不得不减少花销。
Mary had to _______ _______ _______ expenses when her father was out of work.
【小题5】谢谢你,主持人。现在让我们来回答问题吧。
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To make your wall color choices better, pick out furniture that will provide a visual contrast. Cool colors make a room seem larger than it is and warm colors make rooms feel smaller.
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【小题1】What is the main idea of the passage?
【小题2】What does the underlined word “monitoring” mean?
【小题3】Please find a sentence in the passage which can replace the following one.
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请阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
注意: 请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。 每个空格只填一个单词。
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【小题1】Why was the author mistaken by people for somebody else? (No more than 11 words) (2 marks)
【小题2】What did the author do to change himself as a result of being in the public eye? (No more than 12words) (2 marks)
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【小题4】What did the author expect his clients to do ?(No more than 11 words)(3 marks)
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【小题3】Thanks to the soldiers, the villagers s the flood.
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【小题5】Tony was a into the chess club last year.
【小题6】As a r (结果), I totally changed my shape.
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【小题8】He set a (目标) for himself of exercising at least three times a week.
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【小题2】The building is regularly i________ by the fire-safety officer.
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【小题4】This species of bird is d________ in numbers every year.
【小题5】The hijackers(劫机者) t________ to kill one passenger every hour if their demands were not met.
【小题6】The flower exhibition was a f________ for the eyes.
【小题7】Mathilde borrowed an expensive necklace from her friend Jeanne to make her more a________ at the ball.
【小题8】The exciting thing about the show is that it’s a live b________ and anything can happen.
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