21 Dramatizing Information

Definition

Acting out information such as steps in a task or an abstract concept using physical gestures and modeling to assist in understanding and learning of a skill or concept.

In action

Teachers can incorporate dramatizing information into lessons to help students internalize and better understand information and skills.

Support Strategies

  • In history class, a teacher or student can act out a specific moment of history to help them remember the smaller details such as dates and names.
  • Teachers can model the steps of a task like washing hands or using a specific function on a calculator while talking through each step.
  • Teachers or other students can use gestures to teach the difference between pronouns (I- point to self, you- point to other).

Case Study

Student: Grade 4 student in language class

Content: Students are asked to recall what happened in the story they read by writing a summary.

Problem: The student is having trouble remembering what happened in the story because they had trouble reading the book.

Solution: In small groups of 4-5, the teacher has students act out the story before writing the summary.

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