https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4 Some things are worth the wait. en-us 2018-09-13 01:47:59 UTC 2025-11-02 14:28:19 UTC hello@padlet.com jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281092176 In Education for Life and Work it is suggested that there is further research done on if and how much teacher for transfer within an academic discipline can help with transfer across disciplines.  As an elementary school teacher I see this as incredibly valuable research. If we can start to prep our students in developing skills that will transfer both between subject areas and out of the classroom they will be that much more prepared for high school and beyond.

]]> 2018-09-13 23:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281092176 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281092627  "...mentally organizing knowledge helps an individual to quickly identify and retrieve the relevant knowledge when trying to solve a novel problem ". EFLAW pg 99]]> 2018-09-13 23:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281092627 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281093841 One thing that was a bit of an ah ha moment for me was when in How Learning Works it talks about how activating background knowledge can be a bad thing sometimes. THis is such a important teaching strategy in schools. If we can activate their background knowledge they will be able to relate better to the content and hopefully be able to retain more of the information presented. I never  thought about how that knowledge could be incomplete or incorrect and how that can actually do more harm than good when teaching. So note to self: always verify accurate background knowledge 
when using this strategy.]]> 2018-09-13 23:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281093841 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281094796 I look at what we read and do through the lens of a primary teacher.  Both of these texts seem to lean towards older students.  How Learning Works had great ideas and strategies but many would take work to get them to a K-2 level.  One such idea that had me thinking was about ]]> 2018-09-14 00:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281094796 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095440 Both texts talked about teaching for transfer.   In Education for Life and Work it was concluded that teaching for transfer is meant to increase transfer within a discipline. It suggests researching how that transfer can correlate across disciplines as well.  How Learning Works points out that transfer is one of the paint goals of teaching, but yet it is relatively unsuccessful. It goes on to give strategies that help with "robust learning" such as using compare and contrasts and minor teacher prompts

]]> 2018-09-14 00:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095440 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095538 Student motivation was a theme that was present in both of the documents. In How Learning Works, motivation was put in the terms of how it "influences the directions, intensity, persistence and quality of the learning behaviors in which the students engage".  Education for Life and work points out that "motivation helps learners to mentally organize and integrate information in the cognitive processing that is central to deeper learning". These 2 ideas about motivation go hand in had with each other in my opinion.]]> 2018-09-14 00:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095538 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095553 While these are very similar terms, and in many instances mean the same thing, only in How Learning Works did it talk about how background knowledge can sometimes be incorrect or incomplete which in turn hinders learning instead of helping cement to concepts and ideas.]]> 2018-09-14 00:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095553 jbendele17 https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095601 The three domains of competence, cognitive, interpersonal and intrapersonal, as outlined in Education for Life and Work had me thinking about how important it is to educate the whole child.]]> 2018-09-14 00:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jbendele17/9tvamtkws9l4/wish/281095601