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Looping in Education

Looping in Education. 7715 Curriculum Leadership Amanda Little & Megan Leskoven.

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Looping in Education

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  1. Looping in Education 7715 Curriculum Leadership Amanda Little & Megan Leskoven

  2. As more and more academic requirements are pushed down into the early years of school, early childhood educators cannot help but wonder if it is too much, too soon. How do we balance developmentally appropriate instruction with the growing demands that are trickling into early childhood classes? Should we lengthen the day so that our students will have more time to learn; reduce class size so that teachers can spend more time with students; integrate disciplines to save time; use balanced approaches to include large-group, small-group, and individual teaching strategies; adjust schedules to improve our time management; or keep the school time constant, but take "deep dives" rather than "shallow walks" (Wood, 1999) through school curricula? Perhaps a look at time from a new perspective-through the lens of looping-is the answer.

  3. Looping Defined • Practice of advancing a teacher from one grade level to the next along with his or her class. • Can be done in elementary schools for consecutive years (i.e. 2nd and 3rd) or in the higher grades subject based (i.e. English Lit. and World Lit.)

  4. Research shows benefits for…. • Student • Teacher • School

  5. How do students benefit from looping? 1. Know routine • Classroom • Consequences • Stability 3. Sense of a community • Reduces anxiety • Increases confidences

  6. Students views

  7. Do teachers benefit from looping as well? YES!!!!! • Don’t start from scratch • Rules • Procedures • Names 2. Foster caring relationships 3. In-depth knowledge of students • Personalities • Learning styles • Strengths • Weaknesses

  8. Teacher Reflection

  9. Yes!!!!

  10. From a study in Cleveland…. • Students in looping classes scored substantially higher on standardized tests of reading and mathematics than did students in regular classes, "even when both groups were taught by the same teacher," reports Daniel L. Burke

  11. Compatibility • Facilitates instruction strategies because of in-depth student knowledge • Emotionally supportive to inclusion classrooms • Transitional step for multiage instruction • And the list goes on… Team teaching Parents involvement Mentor programs Summer bridge

  12. Is there a more appropriate age? • Seen in k-high • Most common in elementary or middle schools • Used inter-building • As students get older, controversies strengthen about looping. “Some teachers believed that over familiarity was a drawback for children older than fourth grade.”

  13. Problems encountered with looping • Longer contact can amplify the negative • 2 years with ineffective teacher • No varying teaching styles • Emotional difficulty • Problems with class make-up • Harder on newcomers • Mobility

  14. To loop or not to loop…that is the question?

  15. Tips for Administrators • Easy and cheap • Never mandated • Provide support (workshops, etc.) • Make careful consideration to class composition • Inform parents in advance

  16. References Bafile, C. (2006). In the Loop: Teachers and Students Sticking Together for a Second Year, or More! Education World. Retrieved September 20, 2007, from http://www.education-world.com/a_admin/admin/admin332.shtml Bafile, C. (2006). In the Loop: Students and Teachers Progressing Together. Education World. Retrieved September 20, 2007, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin120.shtml Chirichello, C. & Chirichello M. (2001). A standing ovation for looping: The critics respond. Childhood Education. Retrieved September 12, 2007, from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3614/is_200110/ai_n8991602 Gaustad, J. (1998). Implementing Looping. ERIC Digest 123. Retrieved September 12, 2007, from http://eric.uoregon.edu /publications/digests /digest123.html Moses, A (2006). The Pros and Cons of Looping. Scholastic Instructor Magazine Online. Retrieved Septmeber 12, 2007, from http://content.scholastic.com /browse/article.jsp?id=7635 The Principals’ Partnership (2004). Research Brief: Looping. Retrieved Septmeber 12, 2007, from http://www.principalspartnership.com/looping.pdf

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