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The iGeners Are Coming – RU rdy ?. Presented by: Jodi Long, Ph.D. Sciences for Health Programs Department Chair Santa Fe College STEMtech 2011. Session Playlist. Generational Overview Neuroscience Applications Practical Applications. Desired Outcomes.
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The iGeners Are Coming – RU rdy? Presented by: Jodi Long, Ph.D. Sciences for Health Programs Department Chair Santa Fe College STEMtech 2011
Session Playlist • Generational Overview • Neuroscience Applications • Practical Applications
Desired Outcomes • We will know what motivates students to learn. • We will view our students differently. • We will see immediate and dramatic changes in our students’ performance and self-perception. • We will LOVE our jobs even more!!
Generational Overview • Veterans (or “Silent”) generation –1925 – 1945 • Baby Boomers – 1945 – 1965 • Generation X – 1965 – 1980 • Generation Y – 1980 – 1990 • iGeneration – 1990 - ?
What is Metacognition? The ability to: • think about your thinking • monitor and control your mental processing • accurately assess what you understand
Recipe for Success • Ingredients: • Emotional connection with students • Get them to pay attention • Train them to think about their thinking • Method: • Meaningfully engage students often in 1st 3-wks of class • Provide activities that focus on what you want them to focus on
Processing Information Current Experience Working Memory Long-term Memory
Why Students Do Not Accurately Judge Their Learning • They haven’t had to do it in the past • They base their learning on what’s in short term memory • They don’t test their learning • They’ve never engaged in an activity that would show them that they are overestimating their learning
1st 3-weeks • Teach Reflection • Assess early • Assess often • Keep it fresh • 360° feedback
Bottom Line • Students CAN learn. • We must help facilitate. • We have to hold them accountable.
Questions? • What are you thinking about right now?
Contact Information Jodi Long, Ph.D. Jodi.long@sfcollege.edu Sciences for Health Programs
Sources • Rosen, L. (2010). Rewired. New York: Palgrave Macmillian • Willingham, DT. (2009). Why Don’t Students Like School? : A cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what is means for the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint • http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/Leading-the-Four-Generations-at-Work.aspx • http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/05ws/generations.htm • http://www.kaplaneduneering.com/kappnotes/index.php/2011/03/feedback-essential-for-video-games-and-learning/ • http://www.cas.lsu.edu