Assessment Workshop Michelle Withers David BosClarissa Dirks Rebecca OrrPushpa Ramakrishna

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

National Research Council 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)

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

Correctly place the 25 chess pieces

Chess masters – Class A players – Beginners

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

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

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

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).