Power Tools: Start Students Strong This Semester With Easy-to-Apply Learning Activities
Start Date
8-16-2023 11:00 AM
Description
How many of your students cram the night before an exam? How much of your content sticks with your students beyond your class? One study found that while students predicted they'd remember 71% of a passage after re-reading it three times, students only remembered 51% one week later (Agarwal et al., 2008). Successful students use power tools to challenge and retain learning.
During an ETE Learning Circle, faculty read "Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning." Four powerful strategies based on the science of learning were introduced: retrieval practices, spaced practice, interleaving, and feedback-driven metacognition. This workshop will introduce these power tools, what they are, why they work, and how students can use them to be successful. Implementation examples that support online, hybrid, or face-to-face modalities will be shared so attendees can jumpstart retention and learning in their course(s) this semester.
Attendees will leave with at least one power-up they can implement in their Fall course to support either undergraduate or graduate-level students.
Agarwal, P.K., Karpicke, J.D., Kang, S.H. K., et al. (2008). Examining the testing effect with open- and closed- book tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology 22:861-876.
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Power Tools: Start Students Strong This Semester With Easy-to-Apply Learning Activities
How many of your students cram the night before an exam? How much of your content sticks with your students beyond your class? One study found that while students predicted they'd remember 71% of a passage after re-reading it three times, students only remembered 51% one week later (Agarwal et al., 2008). Successful students use power tools to challenge and retain learning.
During an ETE Learning Circle, faculty read "Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning." Four powerful strategies based on the science of learning were introduced: retrieval practices, spaced practice, interleaving, and feedback-driven metacognition. This workshop will introduce these power tools, what they are, why they work, and how students can use them to be successful. Implementation examples that support online, hybrid, or face-to-face modalities will be shared so attendees can jumpstart retention and learning in their course(s) this semester.
Attendees will leave with at least one power-up they can implement in their Fall course to support either undergraduate or graduate-level students.
Agarwal, P.K., Karpicke, J.D., Kang, S.H. K., et al. (2008). Examining the testing effect with open- and closed- book tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology 22:861-876.