Exit slip- Reflections on integrating instrumental and relational learning

Hello Everyone!

The debate on Skemp's article in today's class was full of fresh and interesting views on instrumental and relational learning. A couple of the things that were pointed out during the debate today made me think deeper about what I believed in before the debate happened.

- The 'Breaking Bad' example was one of the most powerful point views presented during the debate according to me. It made me think about the process of learning, that incorporates both instrumental and relational learning, step by step that I would like to imply in my future math classroom. This will be helpful when I start writing my lesson plans towards the end of the semester, therefore, I decided to write my response in a lesson plan form.

1) intro to the topic (both instrumental and relational learning)
2) present the formula; such as quadratic formula (instrumental learning)
3) show an example (instrumental learning)
4) get your students to practice an example with the given formula to gain confidence (instrumental learning)
5) give reasoning on why the formula works (relational learning)
6) give a small tip on the historical background of the formula (relational learning)

To summarize my thoughts on the article, before and after the debate, it is important for your students to eat the fruit of reward by learning instrumentally which will further motivate them to eat the fruit of instrumental learning.