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Study Guides and Strategies
Just think of the tragedy
of teaching children
not to doubt.
of teaching children
not to doubt.
Clarence Darrow, 1857 - 1938
American lawyer
American lawyer
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- Teaching index, resources, bibliographies
- Using SGS in the classroom
- Using feedback in the classroom
- Teaching critical thinking
- SGS learner-centric exercises and
games
- Bloom's taxonomy
- Teaching with questioning
- The Socratic Method
- Guided notes in lectures
- Constructing true/false tests
- Constructing multiple choice tests
- Constructing Essay Exams
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Teaching guides and strategies
Strategies:
- Using feedback in the classroom
Modeling non-defensive behavior in the classroom can be critical to demonstrating effective use of feedback for teachers and students. - Teaching critical thinking
Critical thinking, as it pertains to teaching and learning, can be considered an open-minded process of discovery and understanding, analysis and application, synthesis and evaluation. - Bloom's taxonomy
Benjamin Bloom (1956) created this taxonomy or classification system for categorizing "competencies" in educational settings, as defined by skills demonstrated by learner type or intelligence. - Teaching with questioning
What are some procedures and strategies for using questions in the classroom? - The Socratic Method
Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling: Teacher: Rick Garlikov; Students: 22 third grade class in a suburban elementary school... A binary arithmetic example! - Teaching with guided notes in lectures
Guided Notes are teacher-prepared hand-outs that outline or map lectures, but leave "blank" space for key concepts, facts, definitions, etc. As the lecture progresses, the learner then fills in the spaces with content.
Curriculum
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A curricular idea!
applying SGS: Sequences of this Website can be developed and applied in one class session or over a period of time. - Curricular resources and guides
- Learning Exercises & Games
These interactive Flash exercises, based upon the content of the Study Guides Web site... - Exploring learning styles
Research has shown that the more we become aware of our own learning styles, the better we learn...
Building tests
- Constructing true/false tests
Includes what happens; how to use them; ideal test items; what to avoid; variations; instructions; developing the test; limitations - Constructing multiple choice tests
Includes what happens; how to use them; ideal test items; what to avoid; variations; instructions; developing the test; limitations - Constructing essay exams
Includes what happens; how to use them; ideal test items; what to avoid; variations; instructions; developing the test; limitations.
Resources/bibliographies
- Cross language resources including digital translators
- Online Learning/eLearning books and resources for teachers
Bibliography of resources inspired by and adapted from suggestions in the Linked-In discussion "Best book for beginning instructional designers" -
Guidelines on Learning
that Inform Teaching (16)
University of New South Wales: As part of a strategy to encourage academics to focus their teaching on student learning, this set of Guidelines has been drafted based on... -
Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching at MIT (10)
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology(.pdf): The guidelines presented in this handbook are organized in five broad categories: 1. engaging students in learning; 2. contextualizing students’ learning experiences; 3. creating an inclusive learning and teaching experience; 4. designing an engaging, contextualized and inclusive curriculum; 5. teaching an engaging, contextualized and inclusive curriculum. - SGS bibliography on Website writing & design
- University of Minnesota Duluth Web design bibliography
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning
- SGS bibliography on study strategies
- SGS print bibliography for writing
- SGS Math bibliography
-web sites with on-line help - SGS bibliography on testing
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