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Learning OutcomeStudents will demonstrate their ability to apply effective learning strategies to enhance their success in courses across the curriculum
InitiativeIntegrate instruction in learning strategies acrossthe curriculum
StrategyIntegrate student use of active learningstrategies through in-class activities and out-ofclass assignments across the curriculum
This is what I said in August.
What can faculty do to help students achieve these learning
outcomes?
Possibilities Abound!You Can Choose!
After my observer visit
More structure needed in order to know what strategies worked and what strategies to
replicate.
Implement a few at a time.
We want to be sure that we measure what we value.
Learning Strategy Concepts
• Read to understand• Listen actively• Organize for effectiveness (thoughts,
materials, time)• Review effectively• Learn through group study• Take tests intelligently• Seek support
Which ones offer the most promise?
• Read to understand• Listen actively• Organize for effectiveness (thoughts,
materials, time)• Review effectively• Learn through group study• Take tests intelligently• Seek support
Reading
• Have students select three things from a reading assignment: a fact, an inference, and a tie-in
Biology:Chemistry:
• Consider ways to use resources such as the Library and Learning Center
• Consider teaching in a learning community format
Learning Community Possibilities
• Pair an elementary, intermediate, and/or College Algebra section with a directed learning study class (What on earth is that?)
• Math with science?
What interests you? We need to assess what we value.
Teaching a learning strategy within my course
Requiring active learning behaviors from my students
Teaching in a learning community
Building integral connections between my course and the library and/or learning center.
Creating faculty development workshops (with compensation)
Review of Initiatives
• Integrate instruction in learning strategies across the curriculum
Linked to student learning outcome: Students will demonstrate their ability to apply effective learning strategies to enhance their success in courses across the curriculum.
Read to understand
• Reading/study system• Vocabulary aids• Main ideas• Supporting details• Textbook tools• Graphs and charts• Inferences, conclusions• Textbook marking
Listen actively
• Note-taking• Signal words• Concept mapping• Have an open mind• Repetition• Send signals• Use abbreviations• Avoid distractions
Organize for effectiveness
• Thoughts: Prewriting, scaffolding, concept organizers
• Materials: Notebooks, portfolios, electronic aids
• Time: semester calendars, to do lists, self-monitoring
Review Effectively
• Power hour• Immediate review• Text marking• Concept cards• Deliver info independently• Group sessions• Recitation• Repetition
Learn through Group Study
• Demonstrate the benefits of a support group• Encourage students to learn by “teaching”• Create opportunities for group work• Learn from others’ strengths
Seek Support
• Advisor• Teacher• Counselor• Library• Learning Center• Tutors• Fellow students• Smarthinking• Friends and relatives
Review of Initiatives
• Establish a professional development program for faculty that provides training in the areas of general learning strategies, discipline specific learning strategies, multiple learning styles, and teaching in learning communities
• Establish learning communities as a way to improve students’ learning strategies through enhanced group study, social cohesion, and curriculum integration
• Establish an alternative learning strategies course available to all students
• Tailor Learning Center and Library services to promote student and faculty awareness of various learning styles and learning strategies and their relationship to student success
• Develop teaching and learning strategies specifically designed to enhance online courses
A Few Choices
• Teach your students a reading strategy to improve their comprehension of your text such as SQ3R• Teach your students a note-taking
strategy such as Cornell notes
• Teach your students a time management strategy such as creating a semester calendar
• Teach your students to create an organizer such as a comparison chart
• Teach your students a method of active study such as the Power Hour that Dr. McGuire discussed during her workshop.
• Create assignments that foster effective learning strategies such as requiring group work, active review, or documentation of support staff help when needed.
• Participate in faculty development--about general learning strategies--about discipline specific learning
strategies--about teaching strategies that appeal
to multiple learning styles--about teaching in learning
communities