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Mindful Moments: How to Use Micro-Activities to Promote Learning

Mindful Moments: How to Use Micro-Activities to Promote Learning. Dr. Lisa Dinella & Dr. Natalie Ciarocco Psychology Department. CETL Presentation October 12, 2011. References. This presentation was based on the following works:

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Mindful Moments: How to Use Micro-Activities to Promote Learning

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  1. Mindful Moments: How to Use Micro-Activities to Promote Learning Dr. Lisa Dinella & Dr. Natalie Ciarocco Psychology Department CETL Presentation October 12, 2011

  2. References • This presentation was based on the following works: • Marin, A (2011, January). Using Active Learning to Energize the Psychology Classroom: Fifty Exercises That Take Five Minutes or Less. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete, FL. • Marin, A. (in press). The art of the mindful moment: How to use micro-activities to promote learning. Accepted for publication in College Learning. Heldref Publications. • Marin, A. (2011). The Interactive Learning Companion for Introductory Psychology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education.

  3. Question of the Day What was the worst lecture that you have ever attended? • What made it the worst?

  4. Brain Based Learning • Attention span is ~10 minutes • Vision trumps all other senses • Rehearsal & active processing of information • Learn better when we are interested & motivated • Don’t Resist the Science!

  5. Obstacles to Active Learning • May require you to cut content • Takes time to change the class • Risky psychologically

  6. Introducing Mindful Moments • Guidelines for creating and using mindful moments • Should only last a few minutes • Should require the student to process the information actively • Students must be accountable for the end product

  7. Categories • Minute Papers • Visual Learning • Assessment • Student Interaction • Discussion/Debate • Pop Culture • Critical Thinking Vote

  8. Who Could Use It? • How could YOU use it? • Select one of the activities on the handout to apply to a class you are teaching right now. • Share with a neighbor!

  9. Benefits of Using Micro-Activities • Work with diverse teaching styles • Reinforce secondary learning objectives • Mindfulness: We are better at this than our students! • Flexible and user friendly • Good form of assessment • Close your eyes . . . • So short, it is a reasonable risk!

  10. Take Home Message • You have 2 minutes to summarize the main point of today’s presentation. • Share with the group!!!

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