1. Active Learning Kate Todd February 2, 2007 www.EduKateTodd.com/styles

2. Cognitive Theory

3. Sensory Memory Duration: 1 second

4. Sensory Memory Duration: 1 second Working Memory Limit: 7 items Long Term Memory Encode into Schema

5. Long term memory Working memory Recall knowledge from long term memory Add new knowledge Decay (Forgetting)

6. Application of Cognitive Theory Recall prior knowledge Recall prior knowledge Validate learner’s experiences Validate learner’s experiences Connect new knowledge to prior knowledge Connect new knowledge to prior knowledge Correct misconceptions Correct misconceptions Practice and feedback Practice and feedback Augment pre-existing schema Augment pre-existing schema

8. Cognitive research has shown that people cannot hold more than seven items in working memory!

9. Preparing Lesson Content Can you give me a synonym for Taxonomy?

10. Bloom’s Taxonomy

11. Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy

12. Bloom’s Taxonomy 1) Knowledge of facts (list, recall, identify) 2) Comprehension (compare, group, distinguish) 3) Application (solve problems, discover) 4) Analysis (classify, infer, explain) 5) Synthesis (create, plan, generalize) 6) Evaluation (judge, explain, value)

13. Incorporate several levels of Bloom’s taxonomy in classes Knowledge: Names of several databases Knowledge: Names of several databases Application: Searching techniques for one database Application: Searching techniques for one database Synthesize: Develop a search strategy for different database Synthesize: Develop a search strategy for different database

14. Techniques for active learning Incorporate activities for auditory, kinesthetic and visual learners Incorporate activities for auditory, kinesthetic and visual learners Build lessons on previous learning and experiences of students Build lessons on previous learning and experiences of students Limit content to 3 or 4 main items Limit content to 3 or 4 main items Address both low level and high level thinking skills Address both low level and high level thinking skills

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