March 3, 2011
Dr. Melinda Micheletto
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Preparation
Warm Up
Pedagogical Strategies
Other Uses
Wrap-Up
Pedagogical Strategies
Immediate Feedback
Engagement
Spacing Effect
Peer Instruction/Peer Assessment
Agile Instruction
Assessment FOR Learning
Immediate Feedback
It is suggested that active involvement in the
discovery process in addition to immediate
feedback promotes retention and the correction
of initially inaccurate response strategies.
Epstein
Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique promotes learning
and corrects inaccurate first responses
Immediate Feedback - Techniques
• Correct Answer Indicator
– Individual Performance
– Group Comparison
• Individual Reports
Student Engagement
Depict students' psychological investment in
learning also increasingly used to describe
meaningful student involvement throughout the
learning environment
Prensky
Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants
Student Engagement - Techniques
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Fastest Responder
Priority Ranking
Opinion Polling
Anonymous Polling
Spacing Effect
Learners easily remember or learn items when
they are studied a few times
over a long period of time.
Greene
Spacing effects in memory: Evidence for a two-process account
Spacing Effect - Example
• Provide “think time”
– Use essay slide
Peer Instruction
Forces learners to think through
arguments being developed
and enables them (and the
instructors) to assess their
understanding of concepts
BEFORE they leave the room
Mazur
Peer instruction: A user’s manual
Peer Assessment
Students give
feedback on peers’
project/ presentation.
The class then
discusses the findings
in groups and gives
feedback.
Agile Teaching
The ability for the instructor to quickly adapt
and change course pace and possibly structure
to suit the needs and abilities of the learner.
Bruff
Teaching with classroom response systems: Creating active
learning environments
Agile Teaching - Techniques
• On-the-Fly slides
• Conditional Branching
Assessment FOR Learning
Checks if the learner is making
progress toward meeting
objectives during the learning
process (to support learning).
Stiggins
Putting testing in perspective: It’s for learning
Assessment FOR Learning - Techniques
• Assess for Flawed Thinking
• Pre- & Post-Testing
(Comparative Linking)
Resources
Online Tutorials
Recorded Trainings
User Conferences
Best Practices