Looking back at the readings for this week i really felt connected to the Profiles in comprehension by Applegate. Though I knew there were different types of learners, I had never thought of the students having different profiles for comprehending information intake. Applegate suggests that students learn and comprehend differently based on the way teachers pose questions. I thought this was interesting, that my way in words can make or brake a student’s train of thought. Looking over the eight different profiles, I can categorize my focal students as well as most of my whole fifth grade classroom. My first focal student would be profiled under a “Fuzzy Thinker”. She is frequently confused when confronted with a question that requires thinking. Most of the time she can come up with an answer that is in the text, but she has a hard time paying attention. So like most of the class I would also classify her as a “Literalist”. Most of the students believe that their answers need to come from the text. As for my second focal student I feel that he is somewhat of a “Quiz Contestant”, always searching for answers from the memory bank and disconnect with the text and use background information already learned.
After reflecting profiles with my classroom and the students that I focus on the most, I looked back at my learning and tried to classify my learning profile. I think that looking at such profiles can help teachers in the way they pose questions and the way teachers may teach or even set up their lesson plans. These are great things to look at when setting up lesson plans, especially looking at students with disabilities. I feel that I still learn a little bit of information everyday that will always help benefit my way of teaching and the way I take things into perspective.
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I was also surprised when I read the article that there are so many differnt ways a student can comprehend information. IT is also very interesting that the different types of comprehension can be catagorized into eight catagories. As teachers, we should get to know all eight and really understand the thinking preocesses behind each one. This way, we will be able to help each student in our future careers to learn to comprehend information. I like hjow you were able to catagorize your students at placement into the catagories. It is good to be able to apply knowledge of what you learn in class to placement. It also allows for you to be able to practice understanding the thinking processes of each student.
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