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EDHE6050_20091201
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Saved by Starr Hoffman
on December 1, 2009 at 8:42:38 pm
critical elements of learning & being a learned person?
- motivation = the bridge between desire and action
- relevance (interest is related to this)
- high self-efficacy
- aptitude
- good memory
- learning isn't just memorization of facts, but memory is the basic, beginning stages of learning
- critical thinking (ability to analyze and synthesize information)
- scaffolding
discussion of value in studying teaching/learning theory
- more concentration on learning theory than teaching theory
- allows you to tailor your method to the ways that your students learn
- expectations of a methods "how to teach" class in this program (there is "Effective College Teaching" offered, but not required)
- learning theory seems to primarily come from psychology, although this is often not acknowledged (maybe we need to include more educational psychology courses)
- remember that they are theories, not laws--use them as tools, but don't be tied to them
- if you give a test to a class and everyone misses the same single question, what does that tell you?
- the question was worded badly/incorrectly
- the concept was taught ineffectively
- if more than 50% of the class missed a concept, it might be important to re-cover that concept in a different way, and to discuss the question itself and what/why the correct answer is, in class
my brainstorming... alternate methods of assessing learning...
- maybe you could let students choose how they want to show what they have learned in a class...
- they could choose a method from a list, and if they strongly feel that a valid method is not listed, they can make a case for it to you (add really good ones to the list for next time)
- for example: test, essay/paper, orally tell you, presentation (A/V), chart, etc....
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