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nholl9

Metacognition and Student Learning - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Educa... - 0 views

shared by nholl9 on 14 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • Poor metacognition means that some terrible yet hopeful singers on American Idol are unable to assess their own weak vocal talents. And it means that some students have a mistaken sense of confidence in the depth of their learning.
  • "Poor metacognition is a big part of incompetence," he explained. "People who are incompetent typically do not realize how incompetent they are. People who aren't funny at all think they are hilarious. People who are bad drivers think they are especially good. You don't want to fly on a plane with a pilot who has poor metacognition. A lot of reality shows like American Idol highlight people with poor metacognition for entertainment. Everyone knows people who are seldom in doubt but often wrong."
  • The actual exam should never be the first time the faculty or the students get feedback about the actual level of student understanding."
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  • An understanding of metacognition, and the influence it has on our students, gives us one more reason to shift our courses away from providing students with a steady diet of lectures, punctuated by a few high-stakes exams.
  • And, as Chew pointed out in response to an early draft of this essay, students frequently don't ask questions precisely because their poor metacognitive skills have convinced them that they understood the lecture perfectly.
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    Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.
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    Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.
eyip886

Teaching Our Teachers, A Handbook For Instructors - 1 views

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    While this instructor guide was written specifically for teachers at Furman University, it provides a lot of good information for teaching in general including instructions on how to get prepared to teach. It includes information on determining objectives, choosing course materials, outlining course procedures, and choosing methods of instruction-all things that are taken into consideration when creating a lesson plan.
nholl9

Metacognition: The Gift That Keeps Giving | Edutopia - 1 views

  • How to Teach Students to Be More Metacognitive
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    This article discusses ways that the instructor can facilitate and guide metacognitive processes in students, by both asking questions and prompting students to ask themselves questions in future learning. I think this would be useful for anyone going forward who hopes to play an active role in making their students better learners.
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    This article discusses ways that the instructor can facilitate and guide metacognitive processes in students, by both asking questions and prompting students to ask themselves questions in future learning. I think this would be useful for anyone going forward who hopes to play an active role in making their students better learners. 
cynthia_u

http://www.kirkpatrickpartners.com/Portals/0/Storage/The%20new%20world%20level%201%20re... - 0 views

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    This article, written by Jim Kirkpatrick (son of Donald Kirkpatrick), offers a modern-day look at the 'reaction sheets' used to evaluation customer or learner satisfaction. He offers insight on trainer vs. learner-centered reaction sheets in order to improve learner experiences.
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    Differentiates "learner centered" vs" trainer centered" evaluation questions
Stuart T. Haines

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography - 2 views

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      Its important to ANNOTATE your resources so that the participants (and the instructors) in the course understand what its value might be.  To learn how to write an effective annotation, check out these helpful tips from the Cornell University Library
Brent Reed

Crazy for Education: Making Flip Teaching Easy - 1 views

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    If you can get past the title, this website provides a wealth of information on the flipped classroom model, including how to create flipped videos, tips for classroom flipping, video hosting... there's even a "pay for play" function where you can get paid for your videos if they get picked up and used by other instructors. The website was created by Renato Cataldo, a pharmacy educator who now focuses on researching and developing instructional technology.
sbrant87

ABCs of Case Teaching - 0 views

shared by sbrant87 on 31 Mar 14 - No Cached
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    A very useful and extensive article that reviews case teaching, recommends strategies for employing case teaching in your instruction, as well as some anecdotes from instructors regarding use of case teaching.
churgc

Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning - 0 views

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    University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. This website has tons of resources on how to prepare a instructor guides and lesson plans.
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    A lesson plan is the instructor's road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time.
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    From the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan
Jamie Amero

Demonstrations - 0 views

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    A website from the University of Delaware which guides an educator on some key planning points for a demonstration. It was very clear and easy to understand. This website also provides a checklist to help instructors design their demonstrations.
eyip886

Preparing to Teach - 1 views

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    This website walks an instructor through the planning and teaching process. It provides information on how to prepare to teach and explanations of important things to consider in course design. It also offers strategies for effective lesson planning along with links to additional resources such as readings and video clips.
nkwame

Lesson Plans - 1 views

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    This website has a useful check list for making a lesson plan and also has sample lesson plans
sinkle42

Team-based learning (TBL) - 3 views

TBL is another active learning that showed to be effective in improving students' performance. These two great articles summarize key points about TBL: what is TBL, instructor and students' roles, ...

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tbrush1

Home - Team-Based Learning Collaborative - 0 views

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    Team-Based Learning (TBL) is quickly gaining popularity in pharmacy education and is one of the instructional methods I've started used in my elective course. For anyone interested, this site will help teach you the nuts and bolts of the method! A great resource for thinking about course design and structure, assignment grading, point allocation, etc.
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    This website is a great source for all kinds of information regarding team-based learning (TBL). It is collaborative website on TBL that provides many resources on TBL for instructors. It also provides a plethora of links to research that has been done in regards to TBL and its effectiveness in the classroom.
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