Hi! My name is Kimberly Farber, and I am a senior at Henderson State University studying middle-level math and science education. Can any teachers share what has been the biggest struggle with implementing three-dimensional learning? Is there anything that you or your students have struggled with explicitly? Thanks!
I think that the biggest struggle with 3-dimensional learning is the lack of understanding how to do this combined with the lack of effective/efficient curriculum that incorporates this with integrity. Often times, the integration of all 3 three dimensions seems to used as an after thought. For example, you teach a lesson on states of matter and then later make a connection with an exit ticket of what the cause and effect relationship is and summarizing the lesson with an argument to support a claim using evidence. I think that it can certainly be done like this, but it comes off as disjointed; whereas it should be interwoven througout the lesson. In my opionion that is the biggest struggle with implementation.
Kimbery,
I would say that another struggle we have had with 3D learning is assessment. Assessment HAS to look different in a 3D classroom. Pencil-paper multiple choice tests need to be replaced with authentic, performance based, embedded assessments that drive learning. This is hard for a lot of teachers that feel pressure from state standardized tests that don't mirror what a good NGSS assessment should look like.
Hope this helps!
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