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Kristina (Kris) Peachey (AAS/NZAS)

How the Brain Learns from Mistakes - Dana Foundation - 2 views

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  • Kristina (Kris) Peachey (AAS/NZAS) on 22 Oct 12
     
    Common wisdom holds that we learn best from our mistakes. But researchers at Michigan State University have published a new study that suggests something more is needed: We must be conscious of our mistakes to reap the benefits of improved performance. "Those with traumatic brain injury or other brain injuries that result in impairments in self-awareness suggest that your level of awareness of your own symptoms, for example, actually correlates with the probability that you'll recover from them," he says. "But there is still quite a bit we need to learn about conscious awareness and the role it plays in performance and judgment before we can say for certain." Hmmm. what does this mean in relation to the errors our students make?
Kristina (Kris) Peachey (AAS/NZAS)

Delivering Effective Feedback ... to Everyone - Finding Common Ground - Education Week - 0 views

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  • David Ausubel once said, "If I had to reduce all of the educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: 'The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach them accordingly.' (1968). Students may be given the same task but may have to go about solving it differently.
  • Grant Wiggins said, "The most common mistake is when educators fail to link the feedback to a specific agreed upon goal."
  • Wiggins provided the following essentials to effective feedback to students, teachers and school leaders. It needs to be:  Goal-Referenced Tangible and Transparent Actionable User-Friendly Timely Ongoing Consistent
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