Core teaching principles for grad students

Core teaching principles for grad students

Dr. Karri Campbell Adams Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Today's learning goals...

• Students will be able to differentiate between Learning Goals and Objectives.
• Students will be able to align lesson activities using The G/O/A Triangle.
• Students will begin compare Learning Goals and Objectives of everyday activities to scientific activities.
• Students will review pre-written AI prompts for lesson planning.
• Students will explore using AI to develop standards aligned activities.

Today's topics

Alignment Framework

Foundations of Teaching

Lesson Planning Framework

Using AI to Create Lessons

Exploration

Goals vs. Outcomes

Broad intentions.

Measurable, specific, observable skills students should be able to demonstrate.

What you want students to understand or be able to explore.

Uses action verbs (e.g. analyze, compare, design).

"Students will be able to compare multipotent and pluripotent stem cells".

"Students will understand the roll of stem cells in tissue regeneration".

How do you write your goals & Outcomes with appropriate verbs?

Now that you understand the difference between Goals and Objectives; let's get empowerd to write them CLEARLY for YOU and your STUDENTS!

GOALS = BROAD INTENTIONS

OUTCOMES = MEASURABLE ACTIONS

A memorable framework

Goals -----> Outcomes -----> Assessment

Example Triangle: • Goal: Understand CRISPR’s role in gene editing • Outcome: Students will explain how guide RNA determines DNA target sequence • Assessment: 3–4 sentence written explanation scored with a simple rubric

The Shoe-Tying Example

The Cheeseburger Example

Because teaching should be delicious!

Because we all know the bunny ears!

Understand what makes a cheeseburger satisfying and well-constructed.

Understand why tying your shoe helps you be safe and ready for fun adventures.

1. Identify the essential components of a cheeseburger. 2. Explain the purpose of each component. 3.Assemble the components in an effective and logical order.

1. Point to shoelace parts (string, loops, ends). 2. Do the first "criss-cross hug". 3.Tie a bow with two bunny ears. 4. Say why tying helps you play safely.

1. Match labels with stickers. 2. Name parts on your own shoe. 3. Show your teacher your "hug knot". 4. Bunny-ear practice round with coaching. 5. Tie a real bow and complete a 10-step walking test.

1. Labeling Check: Identify parts on a cheeseburger diagram. 2. Explanation Check: Write 2-3 sentences on component roles. 3. Performance Task: Build (or design) a correctly layered cheeseburger and justify your choices.

The e3 modelsimple lesson planning

1. Engage

• Begin with a question, phenomenon, or quick demo
• Purpose: activate curiosity

2. Explore

• Students work hands-on or conceptually before receiving explanations
• Purpose: deepen reasoning and inquiry

3. Explain

• You connect student observations to the scientific concepts
• Purpose: solidify understanding with accurate science

Using ai to create standards-aligned lesson activities

• AI speeds up brainstorming.
• AI can help align learning outcomes with discipline-specific standards.
• In this case, try Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or the NC Common Core Science Standards.

Pick a prompt and give it a try!

AI Prompt Examples

Lesson & Lab Activities

Learning goals and outcomes

Assessments

Design a 50-minute lesson using the Engage-Explore-Explain (E3) model on [ENTER TOPIC]. Design an inquir-based lab where students generate a hypothesis, run an experiment using [METHOD], and analyze results. Align this lab [PROCEDURE] with NGSS science and engineering practices. Explain your alignment choices.

Create a short formative assessment (5 questions) aligned with these learning outcomes: [ENTER OUTCOMES]. Develop a 3-level rubric to evaluate a student explanation of [SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT] Write a lab practical assessment that tests students' ability to carry out [LAB TECHNIQUE] safely and accurately.

Create three broad learning goals for a lesson on [ENTER TOPIC] appropriate for [ENTER GRADE LEVEL]. Write 5 measurable learning outcomes aligned to Bloom's Taxonomy for a lesson on [ENTER TOPIC]. Convert these learning goals into measurable outcomes: [ENTER GOALS].

Resources in summary

In your packet you have...

The GSO will share the link to this presentation via email after this session.

• Your GSO/E3 Example

• Packets of AI Prompts to test on your own
• A universal G/O/A Triangle Generator AI Prompt
• The full Cheeseburger Teaching Example
• The full Shoe-Tying Teaching Example
• The complete outline from today's workshop

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Always here for you!

Thank you for your time and effort!

karri.adams@advocatehealth.org / (336) 707-4189

Example:

Topic: Tissue Engineering Scaffolds • Engage: Show a 30-second video of 3D bioprinting • Explore: Students examine scaffold material samples or images • Explain: Instructor clarifies key scaffold properties and applications

Now, you try! Don't forget your verbs!