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Teaching, Learning, and Active Engagement

Teaching, Learning, and Active Engagement. Why is active engagement so important for learning?. How Do Students Learn 1?. They learn by actively participating Observing, speaking, writing, listening, thinking, drawing, doing They must be engaged to learn

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Teaching, Learning, and Active Engagement

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  1. Teaching, Learning, and Active Engagement Why is active engagement so important for learning?

  2. How Do Students Learn 1? • They learn by actively participating • Observing, speaking, writing, listening, thinking, drawing, doing • They must be engaged to learn • Learning is enhanced when students see potential implications, applications, and benefits to others • Learning builds on current understanding How People Learn (NRC, 1999)

  3. Learning Styles How does the person prefer to process information? • Actively – through engagement in physical activity or discussion • Reflectively – through introspection Questionnaire - Barbara Soloman & Richard Felder http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html Thanks to Robyn Dunbar and Marcelo Clerici-Arias, Stanford University Center for Teaching and Learning

  4. Your Learning Styles Active Reflective

  5. Learning Styles What type of information does the person preferentially perceive? • Sensory – sights, sounds, physical sensations, data … • Intuitive – memories, ideas, models, abstract…

  6. Your Learning Styles Sensory Intuitive

  7. Learning Styles Through which modality is sensory information most effectively perceived? • Visual – pictures, diagrams, graphs, demonstrations, field trips • Verbal – sounds, written and spoken words, formulas

  8. Your Learning Styles Visual Verbal

  9. Learning Styles How does the person progress toward understanding? • Sequentially – in logical progression of small incremental steps • Globally – in large jumps, holistically

  10. Your Learning Styles Sequential Global

  11. How Do Students Learn 2? • Different people are most comfortable learning in different ways • Multiple representations enhance the learning of all students

  12. Context for Morning Sessions • Active engagement is important for learning • Students have different learning styles Expand your “toolbox” of teaching strategies Most students most students passive active

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