Learning Theory
What is andragogy?
Principles and methods associated with adult learning
T/F: Students will identify with one learning style.
False - We are often a combination of two styles.
T/F: Preparation is the responsibility of the student and the instructor.
True - An instructor has the majority of the responsibility, but students might be assigned reading or other preparation activities.
What theory can we use to develop learning objectives?
Bloom's Taxonomy
Which teaching method is instructor-centered and is often the fastest way of disseminating information to a large group?
Lecturing
What are the characteristics of a deep learner?
This type of learner welcomes opportunities to think critically and is more concerned about personal development than a grade
Which learning style would prefer to learning from a teacher demonstration?
Visual
Name one of the crucial elements of a lesson introduction.
Access prior knowledge
Get students' attention
Provide relevance
This level of thinking involves being able to rephrase knowledge/content in one's own words.
Comprehension
This teaching method is visual proof to students that what you are teaching works. Which method is it?
Demonstration
We learn best by ________.
Doing
According to Edgar Dale's Cone of Learning, we remember 90 percent of what we say and do.
This learning style prefers the trial and error approach to learning.
Kinesthetic
This part of a lesson allows students to practice skills and/or apply knowledge.
Student Activities
Learning objectives written with the words apply, build, choose, construct, or develop are asking students to think at which level?
Application
Name one way an instructor can make a lecture more engaging.
Stories, appropriate body language, switching activities, asking questions, etc.
Which approach to learning is based on learning from our failures?
Trial and Error
Being quizzed verbally helps these learners study for exams.
Auditory
If the primary activity is lecturing, how often should you transition to other teaching techniques?
Every 20 minutes
The ultimate goal of our instruction is for students to be able to critique their own work and make corrections. This level of thinking is called what?
Evaluation
A method is a general approach to teaching a lesson where _______ are activities used to teach parts of a lesson.
techniques
Name two indications that students have learned something new.
•knows something that they previously did not.
•can do something new or different.
•feels differently about something.
•thinks differently about something.
List two ways Read/Write learners prefer to OUTPUT information on an exam.
•Write exam answers
•Practice with multiple choice questions
•Write paragraphs, beginnings, and endings
•Write lists (a, b, c, d, 1, 2, 3, 4)
•Arrange words into hierarchies and points
Name (and verbally describe) the four parts of a lesson plan.
1. Preparation
2. Presentation
3. Student Activities
4. Evaluation
Name and describe the three domains of learning.
Psychomotor - Physical activity required to do the work
Cognitive-Mental activity required to perform the work
Affective-Attitudes, feelings, and beliefs
Name three things an instructor should do to facilitate a good discussion.
Post the questions or prompt
Circle the room
Provide a time limit