peering into the deep: how we learn
Professional Development Symposium
UTSA Library, January 12, 2006
Librarians often face the enormous task of teaching concepts and processes in a limited amount of time. How can we create effective (and lasting) learning experiences for our students? Find out what your own preferred mode of learning is and how you can tweak your teaching method to engage other learning styles.
1. Peering Into the Deep: How We Learn (.ppt) 2. 4MAT Learning Style Inventory 3. 4MAT Type descriptions (.doc) 4. VARK Learning Style Inventory 5. Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (APA) 6. Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking Skills (includes trigger words) |
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Lagniappe (what's this?)
About teaching : 4MAT in the classroom / by Bernice McCarthy.
Wauconda, Ill. : About Learning, Inc., c 2000.
Teaching with the brain in mind / Eric Jensen.
Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c1998.
Experiential Learning / D.A. Kolb
Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice Hall, 1984.
1. Active Learning - University of Texas Libraries
2. Bloom's Taxonomy (pyramids for cognitive, affective, and psycho-motor domains)
3. Task Oriented Question Construction Wheel (Bloom's)
4. Individual Differences - The 4MAT System
5. 4MAT Chart
6. The "Change-Up" in Lectures (attention span)
7. The Modern Presenter's Handbook - Outline
8. Problem-Based Learning (critical thinking and problem solving skills)
9. Team-Based Learning (Larry Michaelsen, U of Oklahoma)
10. Learning Theories (Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism)
11. Growing Bigger Brains: Research Affects How Teachers Teach (Education World)
12. Learning Styles v. Teaching Styles (learning styles v. lecture)
13. Enhance Learning with Technology
14. Learning Styles: Kolb's Theory of Experiential Learning
16. LibraryInstruction.com - The Librarian's Weapon of Mass Instruction
17. Kuhlthau's Information Search Process
18. david a. kolb on experiential learning
19. Experiential Learning articles & critiques of David Kolb's theory
20. Design of Net-learning Systems Based on Experiential Learning
21. Light the Fire: Using Experience & Emotion to Ignite Student Learning (LOEX 2003 presentation)