Similarities & Differences consists of four strategies which are: comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies. These strategies are considered the core of all learning. Learning similarities can help you learn in a deep level which allows you to understand more. This chapter is important because it teaches you how to identify the things that have in common by different ways, not just by the basic things. It teaches you how to organize things by their similarities or differences. It shows you the relationship between everything else. Using these four strategies can help organize things in a simple way that can help you learn even more because it is separated by what they have in common with. Many of my elementary teachers used Similarities & Differences, it helped me become organize in my writing, for example when i write notes to study for a test, i list the things that have in common and what dont. so it gives a better understanding of what im reading.
In setting objectives, it is important to have objectives because it leads you to the right path to what you should learn, what is the important part to learn in the lesson. i think the activity i did on letting my classmates watch a video then write a objective for it was a pretty good example. i think if i did the activity i would understand why objectives are important and how to write one. Feedback is also important it provides background to what you learn, like a review, for my activity i just reviewed the objectives to point out what were good objectives and what werent and why. it helped my classmates understand more on how to write objectives.
Effort & recognition is also important because when giving recognition, it gives the student more confidence, it makes them proud and happy. It lets them feel like they did a great job. When giving recognition, it can help the student give more effort because they want to hear a praise from their teacher.
