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Big ideas from key articles that change the way I think about my work
Updated on Dec 18, 09
Created on Jun 24, 09
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If an important goal of higher education is to help students become intentional learners, then our curricula should reflect those aims. Most post-secondary instruction, however, remains focused on disciplinary content. Instruction about metacognitive knowledge and skills need not "displace" disciplinary content, but can instead be used to support ("wrap") learning of that content (Lovett, 2008).
High-performing students engage in metacognitive activities, monitoring and adjusting their learning strategies (Lovett, 2008). Fortunately, these self-regulating behaviors can be taught, resulting in improved classroom performance (Lovett, 2008; Weinstein et al., 2000).
There’s simply less friction between the idea to write a little program and actually doing it
Experiential learning means to deliberately embed the learning required of a system into the experience of using the system.
Instead, teachers should worry about matching their instruction to the content they are teaching. Some concepts are best taught through hands-on work, some are best taught through lectures, and some are best taught through group discussions.
7 items | 3 visits
Big ideas from key articles that change the way I think about my work
Updated on Dec 18, 09
Created on Jun 24, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: