A Learners’ View (ALV) Is Of Choices On The Shortest And Fastest Path To Learning, The Oxygen Of Social Life.
Main Article: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about ALV
LEARNERS USE a learners’ view (ALV) to learn anything teachers instruct, whether or not it is part of a common core curriculum that meets the Common Core State Standards for K12 academic performance. Learners choose to which words, voice tones, gestures, squiggles, images on screens, etc. they attend. Learners learn when instruction of lessons matches learners’ choices.
ALV gives priority to choices learners will likely make to meet a criterion for learning each lesson taught regardless of how closely the lesson matches any standard. The common core curriculum gives priority to content learners shall learn.
Teachers choose how closely their lessons will match choices of learners and of state standards against which student academic performance is judged. In general, when instruction of lessons fit these two matches, learners will likely meet state academic performance standards, whether or not those standards include the common core.
Technically, this means that learners are the independent variable in the learning transaction with teachers, not the dependent variable of conventional discussions about education.
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Last Edited: 11-17-14