1. Assessment Workshop Michelle Withers David BosClarissa Dirks Rebecca OrrPushpa Ramakrishna

2. How People Learn Clarissa Dirks – The Evergreen State College Adapted from Mary Pat Wenderoth University of Washington

3. National Research Council 1999 1. Address students’ misconceptions Three major findings: 2. Build both a deep foundation of factual knowledge AND strong conceptual framework. 3. Enhance students’ ability to monitor learning (metacognition)

4. How People Learn, Chase & Simon 1973 The value of conceptual frameworks The chessboard challenge

5. Correctly place the 25 chess pieces

6. Chess masters – Class A players – Beginners

7. Board #2 Why didn’t they get the same results? Conceptual Framework!

8. Audio-visual Demonstration Discussion Lecture Practice Reading Teaching Science of Learning NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science 300 N. Lee Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314 http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/polovina/learnpyramid/about.htm

9. Audio-visual Demonstration Discussion Lecture Practice Reading Teaching Science of Learning NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science 300 N. Lee Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314 http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/polovina/learnpyramid/about.htm

10. Audio-visual Demonstration Discussion Lecture Practice Reading Teaching lecture reading teaching practice discussion demonstration audio-visual Science of Learning For students, teaching is uncomfortable and lecture is comfortable. We need to help students figure out what they don’t know (i.e. metacognition).