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I am committed to success in sharing with my students the 3 loops for learning.  While it may, in theory, be easier because I teach in a science classroom, it will still be a challenge.  Transparency and a solid introduction to the how and why of the approach will be essential to its success.  Today's lesson had me struggling, in the later stages, to make the connection to the loops.  The post-Sudoku discussion helped, but it still seemed more a 'piece of' rather than a connected link. 

Bharath’s ‘Balanced Stories Model” seems to be a good approach.  Both the loops and the balanced story will require a ‘redesign’ of the attitude and community in my classroom.  The last two week’s dialogue and instruction have convinced me that it will be worth the effort.  Fortunately, I will be given the leeway that I need to take time to ‘re-train’ my students with this learning model in mind.  As I mentioned in an earlier blog, when we add to our curriculum we need to take something away.  So while there may be a little bit less physics in my room this year, the students should leave with a whole lot more in the way of universal learning skills.

I hope to be able to convince my department, and then the bigger school community as a whole, of the validity of this approach.