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nholl9

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

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  • 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.
saraly

A multi-site study of strategies to teach critical thinking: 'why do you think that?" - 1 views

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    This is a recently published study describing strategies used to develop critical thinking in health-professional learners as identified by a panel of academic deans, administers, program directors, course directors, clerkship directors, and teaching faculty through a structured-interview approach.
nholl9

A Focus on Teaching: Metacognition - YouTube - 0 views

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    This video explains metacognition not only in the teaching role but also in professional school (veterinary), which I think is very applicable to us as a class. She notes that metacognition is required even more so in the clerkship years, than in the first two years of school. She also give tips on how she applies metacognitive practices to the classroom setting. The practice I find particular noteworthy is the idea of the end of class essay to assess understanding and to dispel misconceptions.
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    This video explains metacognition not only in the teaching role but also in professional school (veterinary), which I think is very applicable to us as a class. She notes that metacognition is required even more so in the clerkship years, than in the first two years of school. She also give tips on how she applies metacognitive practices to the classroom setting. The practice I find particular noteworthy is the idea of the end of class essay to assess understanding and to dispel misconceptions.
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. 
teycrawford

The effectiveness of case-based learning in health professional education. A BEME syste... - 0 views

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    "Overwhelmingly, students enjoy CBL and think that it enhances their learning. The empirical data taken as a whole are inconclusive as to the effects on learning compared with other types of activity. Teachers enjoy CBL, partly because it engages, and is perceived to motivate, students. CBL seems to foster learning in small groups though whether this is the case delivery or the group learning effect is unclear."
Margaret Curtin

Andragogy: what is it and does it help thinking about adult learning? - 0 views

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    User-friendly, modern, visually appealing, and easy-to-read presentation of andragogy topic
darbyc

Study Guides and Strategies - 0 views

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    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").
saraly

The 16 Habits of Mind - 0 views

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    Excellent website that includes all 16 habits of the mind. It provides in depth representations of how HoM thinkers approach problems compared to thinkers in a "traditional setting". It offers a starting point for beginners (like myself) that are new to the concept of thinking this way. It also points out that there are far more than 16 habits of the mind, and it encourages learners to identify more.
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    This page provides a brief summary of the concepts behind each of the 16 habbits of mind.
Stuart T. Haines

Big Dog and Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition - 1 views

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      This is an oddly named but a rich resource regarding instructional design and human performance.  Be sure to click on the navigation tabs - especially the Training tab which nicely summarizes various instructional design models.  If you want to explore things a little deeper, the Knowledge tab has some really thought provoking stuff about what knowledge is, how to acquire it, and how to transfer it.  Don Clark maintains this site.  He states that he's a "Learning Designer and Consultant" and, despite being a freelance kinda guy, he's created a pretty impressive site.  Once you get past all of the ads (just ignore them), I think you'll find the site very useful.
Amanda Bertele

Socratic circles for fostering critical and creative thinking - 0 views

A coaching guide for new and experienced teachers seeking to implement the Socratic method. The text provides examples to aid teachers in visualizing the application of essential concepts of the me...

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naaseha

Learning needs assessment: assessing the need - 0 views

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      Great article on importance of needs assessment in medicine. We can apply this as pharmacists/students as well. It goes into different types of needs assessments and how we are continually doing personally needs assessments. 
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    This article is in the context of medicine. The author defines need and also outlines methods of needs assessment which I thought were helpful when thinking of ways to identify where the need is. It can be very easily applied to pharmacy because many of the methods that she outlines are a form of what is done in pharmacy as well.
cxj151

Metacognition - 0 views

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    Organizes well on how to address metacognition in classroom with a brief introduction what metacognition is
juelili

Three Teaching Styles - 0 views

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    The most effective teachers vary their styles depending on the nature of the subject matter, the phase of the course, and other factors. By so doing, they encourage and inspire students to do their best at all times throughout the semester. It is helpful to think of teaching styles according to the three Ds: Directing, Discussing, and Delegating.
vickyshah1085

PBL-Blended Learning at Small Middle School - 1 views

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    PBL Vs. Traditional teaching has always been a hot topic for teachers when deciding what teaching style they want to utilize. This website breaks down PBL style vs. Traditional style and even gives a great insight into a blended method which is more common than some think.
gstassinos

Role of physics lecture demonstrations in conceptual learning - 0 views

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    Informative study looking at how what students get out of a demonstration can vary widely depending on how it is approached. I think this shows very effectively that demonstrations given without background instruction, context, or guidance can fail to show the intended concept. Observers need to know what to look for.
iekeocha

Integrating the 16 Habits of Mind - 0 views

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    Great resource that provides guidance on different ways to incorporate HoM strategies when teaching. Since the incorporation of much of these skills is not always intuitive, teachers are able to utilize this as a reference to ensure they are on the right track. In addition, learners may reference this site to challenge themselves by using different methods of thinking when faced with various real life scenarios.
teycrawford

Smart Learning Environments | Full text | The effectiveness of digital storytelling in ... - 0 views

  • It can be a helpful educational tool, as it provides a vehicle for combining digital media with innovative teaching and learning practices. Apart from building on learners’ technology skills, digital storytelling encourages additional educational outcomes (Dakich [2008]). It enhances learners’ motivation, and helps teachers in building constructivist learning environments that encourage creative problem solving based on collaboration and peer-to-peer communication. In addition, digital storytelling can be used to facilitate integrated approaches to curriculum development, and engage learners in higher order thinking and deep learning
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      An upgraded twist on storytelling. Also, introduces a new perspective for doing so in the classroom as a teaching tool and a group project for learners
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    When technology meets storytelling 
ahmedeid

The New Teacher's Guide to Creating Lesson Plans | Scholastic.com - 1 views

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    Even if you had plenty of practice writing lessons during your teacher training, it's hard to be prepared for the avalanche of lesson planning you'll have to do once your first year of teaching begins. To rev up the learning curve, here are eight questions to "think aloud" as you prepare lessons.
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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