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A. The central concepts of each method are the direct instruction is broken down, explained, and is directly given to the students in both a verbal way and visual for the different type of learners. You ask questions and explain the purpose of the lesson while you are breaking the new scale into parts. This is a method that motivate students to build a background knowledge, the skill or lesson the students are supposed to learn you model what is going to be done then you provide a guided practice to help them with the activity. Constructivism is teaching an activity through learning experiences so if I have an activity I'm going to compare it to real life situations or parrot with role-play or a debate to get the children's attention. I think the most salient benefit from each method of teaching is creating meaning from experience (constructivism) and asking questions and accommodating to different types of learners (Direct instruction). I also believe that the most notable disadvantage could be that with direct instruction the kids can get a little bored and with constructivism sometimes the kids can get overhyped when doing role-play or comparing it to real life situations depending on the topic. The appropriateness of using either of these primary teaching methods does change according to student age level in certain ways because you wouldn't give a graphic organizer to a child in pre-K would you? But I do believe it's always the same concepts it's just done differently. And as an intentional teacher I think the method I would always rely on is direct instruction I feel like the kids learn better if you speak to them directly and ask them questions and give them different steps to the assignment there's many different things you can use to teach children and I think breaking it down into steps is the best way of teaching asking questions and also relating it two different scenarios is also good but I feel like kids learn better in steps.

B. The central concept of direct instruction is to give goal oriented and structured instruction to the students (Slavin, 2018). Dividing a task into parts (breaking it down by number) helps the task seem less intimidating. After telling the students clearly what to do, your next step is to model what has to be done. While modeling what has to be done, you want to ask the students to engage in this and ask questions as you go so that you can see if they're understanding or not (TeachLikeThis, 2013). After you model it, help them through the assignment until they're able to achieve the goal on their own. The central concept of constructivist learning is to truly engage with what you're learning (as the student) and revise the rules when the old rules no longer work (Slavin, 2018). Engulfing yourself in the learning experience, for example role playing, internships, debates (BlueSofaMedia, 2012) helps the student to immerse themselves into the assignment to further understand what is being taught. I believe the most important benefit for direct instruction is modeling what the educator wants done so that the students repeat it. Modeling behavior is important and can work for assignments as well. The most salient benefit for constructivist learning is immersing yourself in an experience to further understand a topic. Learning about sharks through conversation and textbooks isn't as beneficial as going to an aquarium and watching the movement and feeding cycle of a shark up close and personal. The disadvantage of direct instruction is that steps won't always be broken down for the students in other aspects of life, like first jobs and so on. It'll only really work for grade school students. The disadvantage of constructivist learning is that children who are too young to understand role playing or experiences won't be able to take full advantage of this method of learning. Both of these theories would work best on different age groups. I could see direct instruction working well for grades kindergarten to possibly sixth grade. I could see constructivist learning working excellently for fifth grade and up. Working with the younger students, I'd most likely use direct instruction the most as an intentional teacher because I want my students to understand each step without being completely overwhelmed and I would always make sure to model the assignment with them in a fun and engaging way so that the assignments always seem doable, even if it's just a touch of a challenge.