PDF-[EBOOK] - Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course

Copublished in association with Miriam a freshman Calculus student at Louisiana State University made 375 on her first exam but 83 and 93 on the next two Matt a first year General Chemistry student at the University of Utah scored 65 and 55 on his first two exams and 95 on his thirdThese are representative of thousands of students who decisively improved their grades by acting on the advice described in this bookWhat is preventing your students from performing according to expectations Saundra McGuire offers a simple but profound answer If you teach students how to learn and give them simple straightforward strategies to use they can significantly increase their learning and performance For over a decade Saundra McGuire has been acclaimed for her presentations and workshops on metacognition and student learning because the tools and strategies she shares have enabled faculty to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success This book encapsulates the model and ideas she has developed in the past fifteen years ideas that are being adopted by an increasing number of faculty with considerable effectThe methods she proposes do not require restructuring courses or an inordinate amount of time to teach They can often be accomplished in a single session transforming students from memorizers and regurgitators to students who begin to think critically and take responsibility for their own learning Saundra McGuire takes the reader sequentially through the ideas and strategies that students need to understand and implement First she demonstrates how introducing students to metacognition and Blooms Taxonomy reveals to them the importance of understanding how they learn and provides the lens through which they can view learning activities and measure their intellectual growth Next she presents a specific study system that can quickly empower students to maximize their learning Then she addresses the importance of dealing with emotion attitudes and motivation by suggesting ways to change students mindsets about ability and by providing a range of strategies to boost motivation and learning finally she offers guidance to faculty on partnering with campus learning centersShe pays particular attention to academically unprepared students noting that the strategies she offers for this particular population are equally beneficial for all studentsWhile stressing that there are many ways to teach effectively and that readers can be flexible in picking and choosing among the strategies she presents Saundra McGuire offers the reader a stepbystep process for delivering the key messages of the book to students in as little as 50 minutes Free online supplements provide three slide sets and a sample video lectureThis book is written primarily for faculty but will be equally useful for TAs tutors and learning center professionals For readers with no background in education or cognitive psychology the book avoids jargon and esoteric theory. for an . Excelling . Student. Strategies for Creating Academic Rigor for . ALL. Students. Question We Will Answer Today. What do students who are currently only meeting the standards need in order to truly excel?. Sean Brumfield, . Ed.D. .. Dawn Z. Hodges, Ph.D.. Introductions and activity. Engaged . Learning:. The ultimate definition. Student . engagement . occurs when ". students make a psychological investment in learning. Saundra Yancy McGuire, Ph.D., . Asst. Vice Chancellor. Professor of Chemistry. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. Barriers to Minority Student Success. Usually Less Prepared. Few Role Models in Community. — . a biased . overview. Don Perlis. Maryland Metacognition Seminar. http://xkcd.com/. Acknowledgements. Collaboration with NRL (. Perzanowski. , . Blisard. ). Large team (Anderson, Cox, . Dinalankara. Tim Lewis, Ph.D. & Linda Bradley. University of Missouri. Carrie Freeman. Columbia Public Schools. Universal. Matrix of school-wide expectations across settings. List of problems = replacements. “Scope and sequence” of social skills. Clay Rasmussen. Penée. Stewart. Weber State University. ISETL Conference October 14, 2016. What is Metacognition? . Thinking about one’s own thinking (. Flavel. , 1976). Knowledge and beliefs about one’s own cognitive processes, as well as conscious attempts to engage in behaviors and thought processes that increase learning and memory (. Saundra Yancy McGuire, Ph.D.. Retired Asst. Vice Chancellor & Prof of Chemistry. Director Emerita, . Center for Academic . Success. Louisiana State University. . Motivation. “In the academy, the term ‘motivating’ means . Saundra Yancy McGuire, Ph.D. .. Distinguished Alumna, Southern . Univ. . Dept. of . Chemistry. Retired Asst. Vice Chancellor & Prof of Chemistry. Director Emerita, . Center for Academic . Success. Retired Asst. Vice Chancellor & Professor of Chemistry. Director Emerita, Center for Academic Success. Louisiana State University. One Simple Way to Help Students Succeed:. Teach Them HOW to Learn!. Courses!. Saundra Y. McGuire, Ph.D.. Assistant Vice . Chancellor. Professor, Department of Chemistry. Past Director, Center for Academic Success. Louisiana State University. 2004 National College Learning Center Association. Mauren Mora. About Me. Administrative Degree from IUTIRLA in Caracas, Venezuela. . Certificate in Sheltered Instruction Techniques from OU.. Current instructor for the Literacy Council. . Paraprofessional for Woodward Public Schools.. M.Ed. Kortschak Center for Learning & Creativity. Learning Outcomes. Understand the human brain, in terms of how we learn. . Learn how to use a variety of learning strategies with different materials. . Exams:  Metacognition is the Key!. Saundra Yancy McGuire, Ph.D.. Assistant Vice Chancellor . Professor, Department of Chemistry. Past Director, Center for Academic Success. Louisiana State University. Important. Than Student Parameters?. Michael V. Yudelson. Carnegie Mellon University. Modeling Student Learning (1). Sources of performance variability. Time – learning happens with repetition. Knowledge .