Session 11 - MOST Model

As I read the information on the MOST Model, it had some similarities to online e-books, where the story is read to the student, along with still shot illustrations, and stories made into movies that have subtitles. The use of web 2.0 tools to help with understanding sequencing and other literacy concepts can be very helpful. These tools can also be helpful in reinforcing learned concepts. I do wonder how well at-risk students using the MOST model; understand different literacy concepts like author’s purpose, inferring meaning of vocabulary words, and inference of meaning buried in between the lines, by the author.  I can see the MOST model, helping at-risk students learn some of these concepts in a visual format. The question I have, does this translate into the same skills being applied when they take a book home to read. Even if at-risk student use MOST models to help learn reading skills, they still need to read text to help improve their reading skills. Most standardized reading EOG assessment tests are not going to be of the MOST model. Reading is the key that opens the door to all other content areas.

                                               

As you can tell, I “wonder” a lot. How does this model work with different learning styles? Is this model more effective with students that are visual learners? How effective is this model with at-risk students that have a strong verbal or auditory learning style? Are there any at-risk student that have strong verbal learning style? I would find it interesting to know, if most at-risk students have a certain type of learning style.

As I read about the MOST model, I was unsure also, if there are any requirements as to the length of the stories that can be used. If the students are in high school, can chapter books be used that contain lots of detail and a longer story line, like “Stone Fox” or “The Black Pearl, which most students find very exciting and interesting?

I feel that creating interesting and effective MOST modules can take a lot of time for the teachers to create. I can see that the MOST model can be beneficial to at-risk students. I also feel implementing them in an elementary school setting, may be easier, than in a high school setting, due to story complexity. I still have questions about how teachers would put together a MOST model on a book like “Stone Fox”. Where would the teacher get the video segments, and other aspects of the story to make it into a MOST model? I think using video story telling is better at holding student interest, than still action shots. Would teachers cut sections out of the movie? How does that play into intellectual property rights?