1. How various pedagogies
might approach the same assignment
Kate Gauger
Julie Blanton

2. Behaviorist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
-Flashcards to memorize terms
-Charting and graphing forms of volcano
-Use rubrics with detailed expectations
-Step by step process delineated
-Clear and specific goals and deadlines
-Specific expectations as to facts, figures, charts,
diagrams, illustrations
-Specific slide totals and design requirements
-Standardized, detailed rubric
-Formative and summative assessments

3. Constructivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Online collaboration
• Digital cameras/recorders
• Build a model volcano
• Discuss how early people felt about volcanoes
• Read stories and myths about volcanoes
• Create a fictional account of a volcano
• Reasons for studying volcanoes
• Dramatic stories of previous volcanoes
• Comparison of volcanoes to other events
• Discussion of the human toll

4. Cognitivist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Background preparation would include intensive study
and research
• Memorize details of previous eruptions
• Outside reading required
• Written analysis of information
• Predict what might happen to our town if a volcano
erupted near by
• Build model of earth’s geological structures
• Outside reading required
• Respond with analysis to written literature and study
• Reteaching based on summative assessments

5. Pragmatist
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Students create a volcano survival kit
• Students create a play to demonstrate events
• Journal writing relating personal experiences
• Field trip to study land formations
• Disaster relief
• Escape and rescue techniques
• Warning signs and likelihood
• Hard facts from previous volcanoes
• Alternative mediums in addition to or instead of
PowerPoint
• Assessment based on authentic experiences

6. Multiple Intelligence
and the Volcano PowerPoint
• Collaborate to decide what the best way to be safe during
emergency
• Create online website to tell a story of event
• Communicate with students in country that experiences eruptions
• Use gps to find nearest active and inactive volcanoes
• Field trip to petrified forest to study effects of geological
disturbances
• Map the forest after the volcanic eruption in petrified forest
• One slide on each intelligence
• An interpretative presentation that includes multimedia and
audience interaction
• Supplementary materials brought in as part of the presentation
• Opportunities to use alternative mediums in addition to or instead
of PowerPoint