Thoughtful Education Getting Comfortable with The New American Lecture

1. Thoughtful EducationGetting Comfortable with The New American Lecture Cadre A May 4, 2006 Green River Regional Educational Cooperative Dr. Harvey Silver

2. Reflecting on What We’ve Learned • What do you remember about the New American Lecture strategy? • What questions do you have?

3. Functions of Memory Learning Attention Engagement Working Memory Multiple Exposure Variety of Strategies Intensity of Thought Short Term Memory Is this important? Will I use this? Is it worth the risk? Long Term Memory Stored Retrieved

4. Getting Comfortable with the New American Lecture Goal 1 • Relevance: Help students find personal meaning by connecting to prior knowledge or experiences to new learning. Goal 2 • Organization: Model research based techniques for organizing information. Goal 3 • Note-taking: Guide students toward more effective note-taking skills. Goal 4 • Memory: Improve memory and comprehension.

5. 90% is lost quote……

7. What is the New American LectureWhat can the NAL do for you and your students?

8. Phases of the Lecture

9. Phase I: Preparation Purpose: Techniques: C O N N E C T I O N

10. Phase I: Preparation Purpose: Techniques: C O N N E C T I O N • attention • hook • bridge • kindling

11. Present Visual Organizer What is it? How is it used? Principle: ORGANIZATION

12. Present Visual Organizer • Purpose: • Chunk information • to fit the Memory • Techniques: • Visual Organizers • Say It and See It ORGANIZATION

13. What are some organizers you use? When? How? Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

14. Phase III: Collecting Information D E EPPROCESS

15. Dual Coding Phase III: Collecting Information D E EPPROCESS • Non Linguistic • Demonstration • Role Playing • Visualization • Purpose: • Multiple Memory Pathways • Techniques: • Dual Coding • Non-Linguistic • Primacy and Recency • “zulu” • Primary-Regency • “Zulu”-Middle

16. Phase IV: Review Questions E X E R C I S E

17. Phase IV: Review Questions E X E R C I S E • Purpose: • Rehearsal • Rote • Elaborate • Techniques: • Questions in Style • Stop 3-5 minutes to pose questions and process information

18. 4 Thought • Remember, Recall • summarize • retell • sequence • Relate • connect personally • evaluate • empathize • Recreate • suppositions, what if • make and explain metaphor • create, invent or design • Reason • compare &contrast • prove & disprove • cause & effect

19. 4 Thought • Remember, Recall • What are the phases of the New American Lecture? • Relate • What new insights did you gain about the NAL and how to use it in the classroom? • Recreate • How is the New American Lecture a key to improving students’ academic performance? • Reason • Why is the New American Lecture more effective in building lasting memories than traditional lecture?

20. Let’s look at a teacher using the NAL Hook: Have you ever achieved something that you didn’t get credit for? How did it make you feel? What might you do next time to make sure credit is given for your accomplishment?

21. Today, we are going to examine the question, “Who should get credit for discovering America?” Who do you think should get the credit and why do you think so?

22. Who Discovered America? Paleo Americans Southern Europeans Vikings 30,000 B.C. Hunters, gatherers; whole families and tribes traveled together. Food: following caribou herd to New World. Feet to walk across land bridge. People spread over 2 continents; established over 200 different cultures and languages; adapted well to all environments. Sophisticated cultures-limited communication 1200 A.D. Raiders and Traders Booty and easily transported goods. Knorr, slender flexible vessel using wind, man-power. Keel, 2/3 of length; Word of mouth culture and no maps. Small settlements in the new world that disappeared mysteriously; sagas in 1250 AD, moved from a pagan culture to a Christian culture.

23. Who do you believe deserves credit for discovering America? What if the southern Europeans had never come to America? What effects might this have had on America? What do you remember about the Paleo American’s discovery of America? Compare and contrast the Paleo Amereican’s discoveries and the Viking’s discoveries.

24. Synthesis Many people disagree about who should get credit for discovering America. • Identify at least THREE groups that should be considered. • Select the group whom you think deserves the credit and explain why.