Day 26 Cumulative Review Flashcards
What is learning? (Acc. to Omrod)
“A long-term change in mental representations or associations as a result of experience”
Relationship between identity and culture
Identity expresses cultural understandings
Reflecting embeds identity in culture
When does Identity matter?
Identity salience: the likelihood the identity will be invoked in diverse situations
Stereotype threat: Situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of confirming negative stereotypes about their social group
Stereotype Exception-to-the-Rule: When people see or interact with a person that doesn’t conform to a particular stereotype, they make an exception for that particular person
Thoughts about Identity/Culture
The problem isn’t that we recognize difference or account for identity histories, the problem occurs when we place value on different histories or presume all people of one identity are the same
Remember that our students are people and can’t always check their I/C at the door
Culture Defined & Terms
The knowledge, values and traditions that guide the behavior of a group of people and allow them to solve the problems of living in their environment
Cultural Capital: Refers to the non-financial social assets that promote social mobility beyond economic means
The Danger of a Single Story
Understand the main themes of this TED Talk and ideas discussed in class
Transfer Defined
Transfer is when we apply knowledge or skills
- In new ways
- In new situations, or
- In familiar situations with different content
Why is transfer important?
Student spend a majority of time outside the classroom
Problem solving
Life is mostly low-road transfer
Identical situation (Pure recall) -> Near transfer -> Far transfer
Ex. Piano -> Keyboard -> Accordian -> Clarinet
Transfer, Problem Solving
Faced with a new or difficult challenge, what do we do?
- Try to find a similar past experience (Transfer)
- Try to use a strategy like analogy or a heuristic (Problem-solving)
Well-Defined vs. Ill-Defined
Well-Defined problems have clear goals, only one correct solution, and a certain method for finding it
Ill-defined problems have ambiguous goals, more than one acceptable solution, and no generally agree-upon strategy for reaching a solution
Motivation
The proper question is NOT ‘how can people motivate others?’ but rather, ‘how can people create the conditions within which others will motivate themselves?’
2 types of motivation
Extrinsic & Instrinsic
How to develop individual interest
Social influences:
Exposure -> Attention (triggered situational interest) -> Needs & Goals Met (Maintained situational interest -> Emerging individual interest) -> Well-developed individual interest
Goals: Jane, Joan, June (example)
3 girls are playing basketball and want to play well for different reasons
Jane: I want to show everyone how good I am
- Performance-approach goal
Joan: I really don’t want to screw this up
- Performance-avoidance goal
June: I want to be a better player
- Mastery goal
Mindsets
Fixed: Intelligence is stable, uncontrollable, and ability can’t be changed
Growth: Intelligence is unstable, controllable, and changing.. . Effort leads to improvement
Self-efficacy
Belief in one’s capacity to succeed at tasks
Judgement of confidence
Context-sensitive
“Can I do this?”
“How well can I do this?”
Key Principles of Expertise
Fluent retrieval (chess)
Meaningful patterns (chess)
Context and access to knowledge (physics)
Expertise and pedagogical content knowledge (teachers)
Adaptive expertise and flexible approaches (historians)
Assessment Examples
Formal
- Tests, homework, projects, papers
Informal
- Listening, observing student interactions, asking questions
Formative - Exit slip, check for understanding, in-class work, homework
Summative
- Unit test, term paper, final project
Norm-Referenced
- Curved test, 2 points added to weekly synthesis
Criterion-Referenced
- Paper scored by rubric, text with correct answers
Traditional
- Tests, papers, quizzes, oral presentations
Authentic
- Portfolios, performances, demonstrations, internships
Assessment
Theory-driven
Evidence-Based
Aligned with curriculum and standards
Valid and reliable