SLIDE 1 How to Help People Learn: Evidence- Based Instructional Strategies for Student Success follow me on twitter @julieschell
Student Success Summit Austin, TX July 15-16, 2014 Julie Schell Director, OnRamps and Strategic Initiatives Center for T eaching and Learning
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SLIDE 17 The number of hours students spend in a system they #hate.
10,800
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- A. #ihateschool
- B. #iloveschool*(really)
- C. #mixed feelings
What #hashtag best describes your schooling experiences?
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up at night?
A.
Nothing, I sleep well.
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle. Rowan
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
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i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
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up at night?
A.
A r e m y s t u d e n t s g e t t i n g a r e t u r n
i n v e s t m e n t ? A r e t h e y b
e d ?
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle.
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
g h t
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up at night?
A.
Keeping students interested and engaged for over 98 minutes a day, per class.
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle.
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
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T h a t k i d s w i l l t h i n k I a m
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e t e a c h e r s t h a t b
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle.
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
g h t
h e s e k i d s ?
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
S t u d e n t s w h
i l l n
p a r t i c i p a t e .
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle.
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
g h t
h e s e k i d s ?
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
W a s t e d c l a s s t i m e …
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle. Rowan
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
g h t
h e s e k i d s ? R
a n
up at night?
A.
D e s i n t e r e s s e ! ! Brazil
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up at night?
A.
Having greater student involvement. Rowan
up at night?
How can I motivate the class better? It is my real struggle. Rowan
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
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c a n I m
i v a t e a n d g e t t h r
g h t
h e s e k i d s ?
Q . W h a t k e e p s y
u p a t n i g h t ?
A.
How boring I am & how little will be retained by the student. Yale
SLIDE 28 Students and faculty want the same thing.
SLIDE 29 I want you engaged.
SLIDE 30 I want you engaged. We want to be engaged!
SLIDE 31 I want you engaged. We want to be engaged!
SLIDE 32 Message Education doesn’t have to be this way.
SLIDE 33 What’s going on in this classroom?
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SLIDE 35 What’s going on in this classroom?
eacher left the room
alking about dating
- C. Working on a physics problem
- D. This isn’t a classroom, it’s a party
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SLIDE 37 People learn best when they are ENGAGED.
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SLIDE 40 This doesn’t seem so bad. My goals for this working group...
SLIDE 41 I’ve been doing this for decades but didn’t know it. My goals for this working group... This doesn’t seem so bad.
SLIDE 42 I’ve been doing this for decades but didn’t know it. I’m going to do more and help
This doesn’t seem so bad. My goals for this working group...
SLIDE 43 Instructional Strategies for Helping People Learn…
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and to be engaged in their learning.
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well T urn your students into Goldilocks.
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SLIDE 47 A B C Question: What is the shortest number of steps to replicate the exact
- rder of disks on pole 1 on pole 2?
- RULES
- 1. Y
- u can only move one disk at a time
- 2. Y
- u can never put a bigger disk on top of a smaller disks
Orange Pole 1 Orange Pole 2
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Orange Poll 2 Orange Poll 1
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Orange Poll 2 Orange Poll 1
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well Ask desirably difficult questions to engage students.
…not too hard …not too easy just right!
T urn your students into Goldilocks.
Bjork
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well Chunk it.
SLIDE 60 April 2013 “T exas” University
SLIDE 61 Sept 2013 Harvard University
SLIDE 62 50 mins
SLIDE 63 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 5, MAY 2010
SLIDE 64 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 5, MAY 2010
SLIDE 65 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 5, MAY 2010
SLIDE 66 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 5, MAY 2010
SLIDE 67 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 57, NO. 5, MAY 2010
This is the brain...
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Chunking or the “Pause Method”: Reduces Cognitive Load
Sweller
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“Lecture is a comfort blanket for students.”
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Chunk it. Lecture a little, or in little chunks, to reduce cognitive load and keep kids engaged.
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well Chunk it…with retrieval practice.
SLIDE 74 If you assess it... they will come Schell
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SLIDE 76 QUICKL Y break into groups of 5. Answer these questions.
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- 1. Who won the FIFA World Cup in
2014?
- a. Argentina
- b. Germany
- c. Brazil
- d. Netherlands
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- 2. What is the only breed of dog with
the American Kennel Club description of “The Barkless Dog.”
- a. Bouvier
- b. Basenji
- c. Briard
- d. Borzoi
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- 3. What is first Instructional Strategy Dr.
Schell presented?
- a. Chunk it
- b. Chunk it with retrieval practice
- c. Use the Pause Method
- d. Ask desirably difficulty questions
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- 4. What Instructional Strategy did Dr.
Schell say reduces cognitive load?
- a. Assessment
- b. Chunking
- c. Desirable difficulty
- d. Retrieval Practice
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well Chunk it…with retrieval practice.
the act of retrieving from your memory… writes on your memory and engages your mind.
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well Chunk it…with transfer & social learning
SLIDE 83 Thermal Expansion
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SLIDE 85 Demo
When metals heat up, they expand.
SLIDE 88 Demo
Consider a metal (aluminum) plate with a hole in it.
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If you heat the plate uniformly what happens to diameter of hole?
- A. increases
- B. stays the same
- C. decreases
Consider a metal (aluminum) plate with a hole in it.
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What happens when you heat metals up?
- A. they expand
- B. they shrink
- C. nothing
Pure Recall Question
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If you heat the plate uniformly what happens to diameter of hole?
- A. increases
- B. stays the same
- C. decreases
Consider a metal (aluminum) plate with a hole in it.
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- A. increases
- B. stays the same
- C. decreases
If you heat the plate uniformly what happens to diameter of hole? Consider a metal (aluminum) plate with a hole in it.
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SLIDE 94 question 1 feedback question think respond discuss explain respond Mini Lecture
Don’t skip any of these steps.
Important for Metacognition
SLIDE 95 Why use it?
- 20 years of research behind it
- Engages students in deep versus surface learning
- Helps instructors make data-driven decisions during and after
class time
What is it?
- Research-based formative assessment technique developed by
Eric Mazur in the 1990s originally for use at Harvard, now used all over the globe.
Peer Instruction
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n e e d t
a c i l i t a t e P e e r I n s t r u c t i
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SLIDE 101 socrative lcatalytics
SLIDE 102 Question structure is important: Facilitate transfer through hugging and bridging.
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What is c?
Pythagorean Theorem A2 + B2 = C2
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SLIDE 106 What is the shortest distance from the corner of the field to the center?
SLIDE 107 Bridging: Near T ransfer
SLIDE 108 Wax on….Wax off: Washing a Car
SLIDE 109 Wax on….Wax off: Karate Block
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well Chunk it…with transfer & social learning Peer Instruction
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well Play with Velcro.
SLIDE 112 velcro theory of memory, Made to Stick
SLIDE 113 Study these letters, DON’T write them down.
SLIDE 114 Study these letters, DON’T write them down.
T OUP SNA SAI RS
SLIDE 115 Study these letters, DON’T write them down.
SLIDE 116 Now study these letters, don’t write them down.
TO UPS NASA IRS
SLIDE 117 velcro theory of memory, Made to Stick
SLIDE 118 Out of Class In Class
Students prepare to participate in class activities
B E F O R E
T h e F l i p p e d C l a s s r
created by Josh Walker
SLIDE 119 Out of Class In Class
Students prepare to participate in class activities Students practice applying key concepts with feedback
BEFORE DURING
The Flipped Classroom
created by Josh Walker
SLIDE 120 Out of Class In Class
Students prepare to participate in class activities Students practice applying key concepts with feedback Students check their understanding and extend their learning
BEFORE AFTER DURING
The Flipped Classroom
created by Josh Walker
SLIDE 121 Bloom’s T axonomy - Traditional Classroom
easy part Hard Part
SLIDE 122 Bloom’s T axonomy - Flipped Classroom
Easy Part Hard Part
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g e t m y s t u d e n t s t
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SLIDE 125 coverage assignment assessment 2 conceptual questions review responses address difficulties in class
What do you find most difficult
- r confusing about this concept?
1 feedback question
Just-in-Time Teaching
SLIDE 126 What is it?
- Research-based formative assessment technique developed
by Gregor Novack in 1990s.
Why use it?
- Motivates students to come to class prepared
- Helps instructors make data-driven decisions for in-class work
versus simply having students do “homework” during class time.
Just-in-Time Teaching
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J i T T q u e s t i
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Just-in-Time Teaching
SLIDE 128 Pride and Prejudice Example
Out-of-Class Assignment: Watch this excerpt from Pride and Prejudice and answer the reading questions.
Just-in-Time Teaching
SLIDE 129 Pride and Prejudice
SLIDE 130 Pride and Prejudice Reading Question
a) Clergy b) Farmer c) Lawyer d) Doctor What is Collins’ profession? Just-in-Time Teaching
SLIDE 131 What is Collins’ profession? Just-in-Time Teaching
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Pride and Prejudice Reading Question
a) Clergy b) Farmer c) Lawyer d) Doctor
SLIDE 132 Hypothesize Collins’ purpose for proposing to Elizabeth. Just-in-Time Teaching
Pride and Prejudice Reading Question
SLIDE 133 Score for each question Criteria (Students are asked to respond with an answer and a rationale for that answer) Question is left blank or incomplete
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Response includes an answer, but does not include any or includes only very minimal reasoning or rationale (regardless
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Response includes an answer AND reasoning or rationale (regardless of correctness)
Just-in-Time Teaching
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- Implementation Tips
- Just-in-Time Teaching
http://bit.ly/jitt_tips
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well Play with Velcro
- Build students prior knowledge out-of-class
to engage them in deeper learning during class.
SLIDE 137 What are the 5 instructional strategies for improving student success?
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SLIDE 139 Which will you use to slay your boredom monster at your institution?
SLIDE 140 Which will you use to slay your boredom monster at your institution?
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SLIDE 143 Demo
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SLIDE 144 Acknowledgements
Eric Mazur
Ives Araujo Cassandre Alvarado Brian Lukoff Jen Ebbeler Josh Walker EdX Carol Dweck Dan Meyer Nancy Duarte Chip and Dan Heath
Flip Your Classroom Slide:Ology Made to Stick Why Students Don’t Like School
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