ABE/ASE Academy Virtual Session Central, Coastal, & Southern GREAT Centers

1. ABE/ASE AcademyVirtual SessionCentral, Coastal, & Southern GREAT Centers December 5, 2009 Presenter: Barbara Baird 915.566.7900 B-Baird@att.net

2. Welcome Central GREAT

3. Welcome Coastal GREAT

4. Welcome Southern GREAT

5. Reconnecting • 1. What do you remember about our last workshop? What stands out for you? • 2. What have you tried out in your class that was stimulated by our last workshop and/or "Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites?

6. 3 Types of Memory • Sensory – Information gathered from the 5 senses. Lasts 3-5 seconds. • Short term (working) – A system for temporarily storing and managing information. Holds 5-9 chunks or pieces of information for a short amount of time. • Long term –A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Information may be available for a lifetime. Stored on the basis of meaning and importance.

7. 3 Types of Memory http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Information_processing

8. Long-term Memory • Consists of information you have: • Heard often • Seen often • Used often • Deemed necessary Cornerstone: Building on Your Best by Robert M. Sherfield, Rhonda J. Montgomery, Patricia G. Moody. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005

9. Forgetting Curve • There are many reasons we forget things. • One reason is that information that is not used for an extended period of time decays or fades away over time. • Humans tend to halve their memory of newly learned knowledge in a matter of days or weeks unless they consciously review the learned material. • The forgetting curve illustrates the decline of memory retention in time.

10. Forgetting Curve Amount you are likely to recall if you do review VS. Amount you are likely to recall if you do not review http://www.ucc.vt.edu/lynch/SSForgetting.htm

11. Forgetting: 1 hour lecture • A week later (Day 7), it only takes 5 minutes to "reactivate" the same material, and again raise the curve. • By Day 30, your brain will only need 2-4 minutes to give you the feedback, "Yes, I know that..." University of Waterloo Counseling Services http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/study/curve.html • Here's the formula for remembering material: Within 24 hours of getting the information - spend 10 minutes reviewing and you will raise the curve almost to 100% again.

12. Increasing Memory Power • With effort and memory techniques, you can file and retrieve information in long-term memory. This learning requires: • Focus • Engagement • Practice What Does It Take For Adult To Learn? by Heide Spruck Wrigley & Jim Powrie. Cyberstep Resources, 1999

13. Increasing Memory Power • A related concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability of memory in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer we can remember it. • Strategies that engage the brain strengthen memory.

14. 20 Professional Learning Strategies“Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites by Marcia L. Tate • Project and problem-based instruction • Reciprocal teaching, cooperative learning, & peer coaching • Role-plays, drama, pantomimes, & charades • Storytelling • Technology • Visualization • Visuals • Work study & action research • Writing & reflection • Brainstorming & discussion • Drawing and artwork • Field trips • Games • Graphic organizers • Humor & celebration • Manipulatives & models • Metaphors, analogies, & similes • Mnemonic devices • Movement • Music, Rhythm, & Rhyme

15. Thinking About LearningTheory • Prepare students for learning • Connect new information to what learners already know • Vary the way information is presented or obtained • Have students review or rehearse information

16. Thinking About LearningTheory • Have students process – think about and use – new information • Provide students with assistance when needed • Help students summarize what is learned • Help students apply what is learned Source: The Art of Teaching by Donald R. Cruickshank, Deborah Bainer Jenkins, Kim K. Metcalf. McGraw-Hill, 2009.

17. Thinking About LearningAnalysis 2. List the specific, discreet steps you went through to learn it. 1. Think about something that you have learned within the last two weeks then complete the following sentence: I learned.........

18. Thinking About LearningSynthesis And This Is The Way… or A Lesson in Learning

19. Thinking About Analysis Education Staff, National Archives and Records Administration http//www.archives.gov/educ/lessons/worksheets • Photograph • Cartoon • Poster • Map • Artifact • Motion picture • Sound recording

20. Thinking About AnalysisCartoon • List the objects you see. • Which of the objects are symbols? • What do you think each symbol means? • Explain how the words clarify the symbols. • List adjectives that describe the emotions portrayed in the cartoon. • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon. • Explain the message of the cartoon. • What special interest groups would agree/disagree with the cartoon’s message? Why?

21. Bloom’s Taxonomy

22. Bloom’s Taxonomy • Benjamin Bloom developed his “Taxonomy of Learning Domains” in the mid-1950s. His hierarchy of skills is key to developing “higher order thinking skills” (HOTS). • These are the six levels in ascending order: • Knowledge:to observe and recall information • Comprehension:to understand knowledge • Application:to use knowledge • Analysis:to break down and interpret knowledge • Synthesis:to integrate, own, and combine ideas • Evaluation:to assess, verify, and make choices