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Penn State - 2007. Addresses specific examples of active learning stratgies to employ in class, including examples from professors. Professors speak on their methods and how to apply it to students

Penn State - 2007. Addresses specific examples of active learning stratgies to employ in class, including examples from professors. Professors speak on their methods and how to apply it to students

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.

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.

This website reviews the basis and evolution of Flavell's theory of metacognition. It also contains a helpful concept map that connects Flavell's theories of metacognitive experiences, person, task/goals, and strategies with examples.

This website provides a great overview of metacognition.  The explanations and examples of metacognitive knowledge and experiences are clear and easy to understand. 

Not a checklist, however, provides great examples.

Interesting way to incorporate metacognition into the evaluation aspect of teaching by using "exam wrappers" which forces the student to reflect on their studying and answer on an exam before submitting a request to look at a particular exam question or score. This can help students to identify strengths and weaknesses and ways to adapt to future studying/exams. Has example exam wrappers.

This website, from the University of Arizona, is a great resource for preceptors. It has everything from a sample syllabus and rotation calendar to helpful hints for preceptors. Also contains links to workshops about precepting.

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.

Differentiates "learner centered" vs" trainer centered" evaluation questions

This website is a great resource aimed for learners and teachers of any kind, created as a free educational public service for anyone to reproduce. It is even translated into 38 different languages! The website includes information under a variety of categories: learning and studying; internet; project and time management; writing and vocabulary; thinking and evaluation; reading and research; and math and science. Topics range from strategies for creating a test, to stress management, to information about learning techniques. Many of them even contain multimedia components to enhance learning (for example, see "Thinking Critically").

This page gives example evaluation forms that have been standardized by ACPE. It also includes many other references, such as active learning strategies, learning assessment exercises, and sample checklists for CPE providers.

Very good resource with examples of digital storytelling and how to incorporate it into the classroom

A study evaluating the efficacy of a package insert compared to a video demonstration or an in person demonstration as a mode of teaching a patient how to use a metered dose inhaler. A great article to support the need for pharmacists providing counseling to patients, and shows an example of how demonstrations can be helpful even outside the classroom.

This website offers information on the importance of objectives and explains how the objectives are what drives your lesson plan and the teaching methods that are used. It supplies methods to help teachers create clear course objectives and provides examples of activities that can be used to assess whether students have mastered the objectives.

Dr. Eng writes an interesting research article about using PILS in real teaching situations and gives examples of problems that students encouter based on their particular learning style, as well as suggestions on how to overcome these obstacles!

Some further reading on using Kirkpatrick's four levels in the classroom. The University of California also provides a breakdown of the four levels and specific examples.

This is an article written by three faculty members from the school of pharmacy assessing the outcome of an IPPE course by Kirkpatrick's 4 levels of evaluation. This gives us an example on how to apply these principles of evaluation in assessing pharmacy education.

This review article examines some of the key characteristics of a mentor and how to have a positive mentoring relationship. Throughout the article, the authors follow a mentoring 'case' example, which helps to illustrate their points.

This website is a great resource. They provide a ton of links to great articles detailing different aspects of teaching with case studies specific to a science curriculum. The provided bibliography provides some additional examples, as well.

Nurse Educ Pract. 2007 Sep;7(5):285-92. Epub 2006 Dec 27. Review. This link will direct you to the abstract of this article by Honor M. Nicholl and Catherine A.B. Tracey, which was published in the journal of Nurse Education in Practice in 2007. Unfortunately, the entire article is not available publicly, but it can be accessed through the library. The article did a great job of breaking down the different steps required to develop effective questioning skills. It also highlights Bloom's taxonomy and gives example of question stems.

Good overview on the basic steps for conducting a needs assessment and things to consider during the process. Provides great detail and examples for survey, interview, and focus group needs assessment types.