Facilitating Learning Flashcards
A learning approach where students are encouraged to take ownership and control of their learning process and the role of the teacher changes from supplier of knowledge to facilitating the process of learning.
Facilitating Learning
Not every student is the same kind of learner, so try giving them multiple options when assigning projects.
Choice
Giving students multiple options when assigning projects shows that you respect their _____. It also shows that you’re more interested in facilitating learner than exercising your _____.
unique learning style; authority
Vary class activities to give students the ability to try out different learning styles, and to give each student their moment to shine. It also will help them to choose their approach to assigned projects.
Variation
Give context for each lesson, and show how it relates to other things your students might be learning or experiencing.
Connection
Learning how to problem-solve is just as important as knowing the answer, so give students time to talk through a problem in small groups or as a class.
Conversation
This also promotes communication skills, socialization, and cooperation.
Conversation
Today’s students have access to a lot more information than the students of previous generations. The real challenge is teaching them how to assess the quality and validity of the information they find.
Resources
Provide students with _____ they can trust, and tools for gauging trustworthiness.
Resources
The 14 principles are divided into those referring to (1) _____, (2) _____, (3) _____, and (4) _____ factors influencing learners and learning.
cognitive and metacognitive; motivational and affective; developmental and social; individual differences
The learning of complex subject matter is most effective when it is an intentional process of constructing meaning from information and experience.
Nature of the learning process
(cognitive and metacognitive)
The successful learner, over time and with support and instructional guidance, can create meaningful, coherent representations of knowledge.
Goals of the learning process
(cognitive and metacognitive)
The successful learner can link new information with existing knowledge in meaningful ways.
Construction of knowledge
(cognitive and metacognitive)
The successful learner can create and use a repertoire of thinking and reasoning strategies to achieve complex learning goals.
Strategic thinking
(cognitive and metacognitive)
Higher order strategies for selecting and monitoring mental operations facilitate creative and critical thinking.
Thinking about thinking
(cognitive and metacognitive)
Learning is influenced by environmental factors, including culture, technology and instructional practices.
Context of learning
(cognitive and metacognitive)
What and how much is learned is influenced by the learner’s motivation. Motivation to learn, in turn, is influenced by the individual’s emotional states, beliefs, interests and goals, and habits of thinking.
Motivational and emotional influences on learning
(motivational and affective factors)
The learner’s creativity, higher order thinking, and natural curiosity all contribute to motivation to learn.
Intrinsic motivation to learn
(motivational and affective factors)
_____ is stimulated by tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control.
Intrinsic motivation
Acquisition of complex knowledge and skills requires extended learner effort and guided practice. Without learners’ motivation to learn, the willingness to exert this effort is unlikely without coercion.
Effects of motivation on effort
(motivational and affective factors)
As individuals develop, there are different opportunities and constraints for learning. Learning is most effective when differential development within and across physical, intellectual, emotional, and social domains is taken into account.
Developmental influences on learning
(developmental and social factors)
Learning is influenced by social interactions, interpersonal relations, and communication with others.
Social influences on learning
(developmental and social factors)
Learners have different strategies, approaches, and capabilities for learning that are a function of prior experience and heredity.
Individual differences in learning
(developmental and social factors)
Learning is most effective when differences in learners’ linguistic, cultural, and social backgrounds are taken into account.
Learning and diversity
(developmental and social factors)
Setting appropriately high and challenging standards and assessing the learner as well as learning progress - including diagnostic, process, and outcome assessment - are integral parts of the learning process.
Standards and assessment
(developmental and social factors)
One’s existing knowledge serves as the foundation of all future learning.
The knowledge base
Factors such as intrinsic motivation, reasons for wanting to learn, personal goals and enjoyment of learning tasks all have a crucial role in the learning process.
Motivation and affect
Learners can develop skills to reflect and regulate their thoughts and behaviors in order to learn effectively.
Strategic processing and control
Learning is a unique journey for each person because each learner has his own unique combination of genetic and environmental factors that influence him.
Development and individual differences
Learning happens in the context of a society as well as within an individual.
Situation or context.
