Teaching by Fostering Learning Strategies EDU 221

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Teaching by Fostering Learning Strategies EDU 221 Learning Strategies Change of Schedule (no quiz #3; final will be over chapters 11-14-videotapes; Dec. 7th Classroom Management Strategies & working with parents) HYLA #2 findings Chapter 11 Group Presentation Chapter 11 PP For Tuesday: Read Chapter 12 Learning Strategies Goal: Learning Strategies are designed to help learners become cognitively active learners. 3 Main Criteria involves intentional cognitive processing by the learner occurs at the time of learning intended to improve learning Passive to Active teach students how to learn not just what to learn learning strategies help students: recall specific facts organize material into coherent structure integrate material with prior knowledge ***All are traits of active learning.*** Benefits Learning strategies help students become skilled learners. Highly skilled students can look at new material and perform the following actions. Be able to select relevant material Know how to organize the material into a coherent structure Integrate the new material with previous knowledge Mnemonic Strategies What Are Mnemonic Strategies? Techniques that help students remember material through memorization Promote transfer 2 ways By memorizing the basic facts and then using the information without much effort When a student has learned information a mnemonic can help make the information seem more meaningful. Willingham, D. (2008). What will Improve a Students Memory? Letter Examples Acronym Example: ROY G BIV Colors of the rainbow Acrostic Example: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles To remember the order of the planets in the solar system Why Mnemonics Work Dual Coding- strategies involve imagery as well as verbal representation, meaning more ways to find it in memory. Organization- provide organization into which new information fits, tends to hold it together rather then separate in memory Association- involves forming associations between information which allows for better recall of the information. Structure Strategies Goal: Prompt active learning by encouraging learners to mentally select relevant pieces of information and relate them to one another within a structure. “Dual-coding” Theory -Paivio, 1991 Stored in Memory in Two Forms: Linguistic: words or statements Non-linguistic: mental pictures of physical sensations Most information is delivered linguistically Structure Strategies designed to help students see relationships between information with the help of visual representations Graphic Organizers Concept Maps: Depicts information hierarchically Venn Diagrams: Allow comparisons (similarities and differences) Help organize the information being presented by visually representing meaningful relationships among concepts. Graphic Organizers cont. Fishbone diagrams: examine