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Teaching, Learning, and Active Engagement Why is active engagement so important for learning?
How Do Students Learn 1? • They learn by actively participating – Observing, speaking, writing, listening, thinking, drawing, doing • They must be engaged to learn – Learning is enhanced when students see potential implications, applications, and benefits to others • Learning builds on current understanding How People Learn (NRC, 1999)
Learning Styles • • How does the person prefer to process information?
Actively
– through engagement in physical activity or discussion
Reflectively
– through introspection
Questionnaire Barbara Soloman & Richard Felder http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Thanks to Robyn Dunbar and Marcelo Clerici-Arias, Stanford University Center for Teaching and Learning
Your Learning Styles -11 Active -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11 Reflective Active Reflective
Learning Styles What type of information does the person preferentially perceive?
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Sensory
– sights, sounds, physical sensations, data …
Intuitive
– memories, ideas, models, abstract…
Your Learning Styles -11 -9 Sensing -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 Intuitive 11 Sensory Intuitive
Learning Styles Through which modality is sensory information most effectively perceived?
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Visual
– pictures, diagrams, graphs, demonstrations, field trips •
Verbal
– sounds, written and spoken words, formulas
Your Learning Styles -11 Visual -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11 Verbal Visual Verbal
Learning Styles How does the person progress toward understanding? •
Sequentially
– in logical progression of small incremental steps •
Globally
– in large jumps, holistically
Your Learning Styles -11 -9 Sequential -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 Global 11 Sequential Global
How Do Students Learn 2? • Different people are most comfortable learning in different ways – Multiple representations enhance the learning of all students
Context for Morning Sessions • Active engagement is important for learning • Students have different learning styles Expand your “toolbox” of teaching strategies Most students passive most students active