evidence-based classroom strategies for improving student learning in the twenty-first century
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2014 UCF Summer Development Conference Monday, May 5, 2014. Evidence-Based Classroom Strategies for Improving Student Learning in the Twenty-First Century. Autar Kaw a utarkaw.com. MOOC Panic Has Been Good for Teaching and Learning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Evidence-Based Classroom Strategies for Improving Student
Learningin the Twenty-First Century
2014 UCF Summer Development ConferenceMonday, May 5, 2014
Autar Kawautarkaw.com
MOOC Panic Has Been Good for Teaching and Learning
Student’s Prior Knowledge Can Help
or Hinder Learning
Misconceptions• Preconceived notions• Nonscientific beliefs• Conceptual misunderstandings• Vernacular misconceptions• Factual misconceptions
Source: http://www.cirtl.net/node/2628
We have winter season becauseA. the earth is
farther from the sun in the winter than in the summer
B. of the tilt of the earth about its’ axis
C. the earth is not a perfect sphere
Why do we have seasons?
Personal Response Systems
What are the goals of using clickers?
• Measure prior knowledge.• Engage students in active
learning.• Promote peer-to-peer
interaction.• Provide their own
understanding.
What are the goals of using clickers (cont’d)?
• Provide a voice to students.• Model the process of critical
thinking.• Sends a message that
instructor is vested in student learning.
What type of questions should I ask?
• Stage 1: If you are new to clickers yourself, ask simple questions in the beginning.• Stage 2: Ask challenging
conceptual questions.• Stage 3: Structure the clicker
questions around the lecture.
What kind of questions are of HIGH impact?
• prior knowledge, • conceptual understanding, • new context, • draw knowledge, and• relate different
representations.
Which Learning Techniques are Best?
Ten Common Learning Techniques1. Elaborative
interrogation2. Self-explanation 3. Summarization4. Highlighting/
underlining 5. Keyword mnemonic 6. Imagery for text 7. Rereading 8. Practice testing 9. Distributed practice 10.Interleaved practice
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Ten Common Learning Techniques1. Elaborative
interrogation2. Self-explanation 3. Summarization4. Highlighting/
underlining 5. Keyword mnemonic 6. Imagery for text 7. Rereading 8. Practice testing 9. Distributed practice 10.Interleaved practice
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Ten Common Learning Techniques1. Elaborative
interrogation2. Self-explanation 3. Summarization4. Highlighting/
underlining 5. Keyword mnemonic 6. Imagery for text 7. Rereading 8. Practice testing 9. Distributed practice 10.Interleaved practice
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Interleaved Practice
http://j2jenkins.com/2013/04/29/interleaved-practice-a-secret-enhanced-learning-technique/
Practice Testing
Distributed Practice
What is the Biggest Hindrance to Learning?
Multitasking
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The Two Circuits in Brain
Circuit 2: This one sets our mind to concentrate on something
Circuit 1: This one is for reactive attention
Source: psych.ucla.edu
Negative Consequences of Multitasking While Doing College Work
Time spent Mental fatigue Memory failure Higher order learning
suffers
Source: The New Marshmallow Test: Students Can’t Resist Multitasking, Annie Paul, slate.com; blog.reyjunco.com/
A Taxonomy to Follow to Learn
What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?
Six Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy Knowledge: (repeating verbatim)
List, State
Comprehension: (demonstrate understanding) Explain, Interpret
Application: (applying learned info to solve problem) Calculate, Solve
Six Levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy Analysis: (breaking things down, formulating
mathematical models) Derive, Explain
Synthesis: (creating something, combining elements) Formulate, Makeup, Design
Evaluation: (making and justifying judgments, selection from alternatives) Determine, Select, Critique
Flip the class
What is a flipped classroom?
Transmission in class and assimilation at home
Transmission at home and assimilation in class
Source: CTL, University of Washington
Before, In, and After
Before
ClassIn ClassAfter Class
What happens BEFORE class?
Assign video lectures before class.
What is done before class at home?
Assign reading
What graded assignments are given before class? Automatically graded quizzes are
assigned
What graded assignments are given before class?
What did you not understand about the assigned chapter?
What other resources are available to students before class?
PPTs MC questions and
their full solutions Extra examples Real world
applications Wolfram demos Piazza discussion
board
What happens IN class?
Ask clicker questions
10-15 minutes: Clickers are used for quizzes
Answer Pair re-poll instructor discussion.
Give microlectures
10-15 minutes: Micro-lectures are based on questions asked
Outline in-class exercises
10-15 minutes: Advanced exercises on higher order thinking?
What happens AFTER class?
Assignments and help! Take another automatically graded
algorithmic quiz on the LMS Complete and submit higher-order
thinking exercise for grading. Continue discussion on Piazza.
Answers given via text, videos, links, Livescribe pen, and ShowMe App.
Learning Approaches
Two extreme approaches that work?
Guided Discovery Fully Guided Instruction
Can we be in the middle of the spectrum?
Guided Discovery Fully Guided Instruction
So is there an evidence-based middle approach?
Universal Design Learning (UDL)
http://udlcenter.org
The trinity of UDL?
• Multiple means of representation
• Multiple means of action and expression
• Multiple means of engagement
http://udlcenter.org
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Evidence-Based Classroom Strategies for Improving Student Learning
in the Twenty-First Century