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
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