Active Learning by Kristen Lowder https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss “Based on what we know through brain research, learning has to be organized in such a way that students build on the existing schema to create new neural pathways. Pathways are only built if the brain has the opportunity to “wrestle” with new information--to figure out how the new fits with the old. This “wrestling” is best accomplished when we ask the students to work actively with new information--they have to think, talk, write, read, and ask questions. When students are passive recipients of information, there is very little cognitive wrestling and critical thinking, and therefore, very little long-term learning--new pathways are unlikely to be formed.” en-us 2021-05-12 09:51:41 UTC 2021-05-12 11:58:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f92f.png https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517064029 Active engagement in learning is essential. Many students do not understand material when they have not been engaged, and then reteaching is about getting them to engage with the text. Finding connections to oneself is key.]]> 2021-05-12 11:55:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517064029 https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517064853 Students definitely remember information better when they have wrested with it themselves because it creates connections in their brains.]]> 2021-05-12 11:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517064853 dnbanks https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065221 Agreed.
We learn through struggle. If something is easy, or glossed over, learning isn't happening.]]> 2021-05-12 11:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065221 Students may voice that they prefer passive methods of learning because they are "easier", but if they more actively engage in the material, they are definitely more likely to retain that material. https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065274 2021-05-12 11:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065274 https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065314 Students need to actively engage with material in order to learn new information. They should interact with a text/new information directly.]]> 2021-05-12 11:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065314 https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065870 I agree that active engagement is key. I know it is hard to motivate students to do work when things get hard and they do not understand it. I feel like we need to be teaching them the skills to work through the struggles and actually think about their learning. ]]> 2021-05-12 11:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517065870 Nice wrestling metaphor. We 'bout to Hulk Hogan this thing. https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517067338 2021-05-12 11:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517067338 https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517071180 Engagement is the biggest struggle online. I can't see their reactions to know when they are stumped.]]> 2021-05-12 11:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kllowder/95ru7d596nfqrtss/wish/1517071180