Greetings!
Welcome to the Yonkers instructional resource page for teachers who are interested in using the 4MAT Method of Instruction.
This site will help guide you in creating high quality 4MAT units. It includes a central repository of units from teachers who are implementing this model, over 370 sample 4MAT unit plans, and online tutorials and guidance in the use of the 4MAT Process. It also includes online assessment tools and other instructional resources for helping teachers improve the quality and impact of learning in the classroom.
If you have any questions, please call or email Sheryl Chasin or Christina Longo in the Department of Organization Development, ext. 8274.
You may also contact About Learning, the providers of this software, if you have technical questions or need additional support in the use of this resource. If you are having trouble logging in or need technical assistance, please call About Learning toll free at (800) 822-4MAT.
We are sure this tool will prove useful in helping you create more dynamic and engaging learning experiences for our students.
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Connect
Connecting to the Concept Experientially
Connect learners directly to the concept in a personal way. Capture learners' attention by initiating a group problem-solving activity before delivery of instruction. Begin with a situation that is familiar to learners and builds on what they already know. Construct a learning experience that allows diverse and personal learner responses. Facilitate the work of cooperative teams of learners.
Attend
Attending to the Connection
Elicit non-trivial dialogue from learners. Guide them to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage learners to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Image
Creating a Mental Picture
Provide a metaview, lifting learners into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect learners' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Inform
Receiving Facts & Knowledge
Provide "acknowledged body of knowledge" related to the concept. Emphasize the most significant aspects of the concept in an organized, organic manner. Present information sequentially so learners see continuity. Draw attention to important, discrete details; don't swamp learners with myriad facts.
Practice
Developing Skills
Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. manuals, workbooks, instructor prepared exercises, etc.
Extend
Extending Learning
Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where learners have to find information not readily available. Provide opportunity for learners to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so learners can plan a unique "proof" of learning.
Refine
Refining the Extension
Give guidance and feedback to learners' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing learners "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.
Perform
Creative Manifestation of Material Learned
Establish an atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for learners to practice new learnings. Allow learners an opportunity to create something new in the world based on the combination of the learner and the thing learned.