SMALL TEACHING
This_____, as learning researchers call it, has been demonstrated as having plenty of power to boost learning.
What is activation of prior knowledge?
This Brazilian educator is renowned for his work "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and his advocacy for critical pedagogy.
Who is Paulo Freire?
This primary method is to directly transfer information from an expert instructor to a group of student novices
What is the lecture method?
According to Perla(1990) scholars suggest that games existed as far back as what time period
What is the Stone Age?
Following the model of the classic TV show, students play X’s and O’s answering course-related questions.
What is Hollywood Squares?
This effect, also known as the testing effect, is use as a way to help teachers recognize it's significance for student learning in their classrooms
What is the retrieval effect?
This theorist developed the concept of "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy," emphasizing the importance of academic success, cultural competence, and critical consciousness for students of color.
Who is Gloria Ladson-Billings?
The purpose of this method is for students to engage with course content and concepts
What is the discussion method?
The first digital computer game introduced into an academic learning environment during the 1960’s was
What is Spacewar?
The instructor provides a problem and a set of items to students. Students have to come up with a solution using the items provided, like the NASA engineers during the Apollo 13 mission.
What is Houston, We Have a Problem?
Emotion is a critical force in what
What motivation?
This Brazilian educator is renowned for his work "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and his advocacy for critical pedagogy.
Who is Paulo Freire?
The purpose of this method is to improve student learning
What is Reciprocal Peer teaching?
According to McCall (2016), educational games began to seek a more engaging student-learning environment by the middle of which decade?
What is the 1980’s?
Useful for reviewing recent lessons or in preparing for exams. Students recall course ideas and receive feedback on whether an answer is right or wrong.
What is Trivia?
This refers to the strategy of learning and practicing the different components of a skill in mixed order
What is interleaving?
This philosophy is often summed up with the phrase "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."
Who is John Dewey?
This helps readers establish goals when they approach a text, enabling them to establish specific objectives that result in deeper learning.
What is Reading strategies?
Many early “serious” games were developed for military and warfare purposes and taught this to participants
What is strategy and tactics?
Students follow a series of clues and prompts from the instructor to help find information online. This game helps students develop research skills and better understand resources such as libraries.
What is Webquest?
The use of this help students connect the day's course content to some aspect of their lives or experiences outside of the classroom.
What connection notebook?
An American educational psychologist known for his "Conditions of Learning" and "Nine Events of Instruction."
Who is Robert Gagné?
This strategy helps students translate information and experience into their own words; it helps them understand, strengthen, and build their content knowledge.
What is writing to learn?
In higher education environments, early games were influenced by...
What is warfare?
This game can be used for reviewing concepts, exam preparation, critical thinking, and applying class material to different contexts. Specifically helps make course content more accessible by providing a vehicle for application through gameplay.
What is Escape Room?