Course Objectives

Participants will know: (declarative knowledge)

• The terminology related to how learning occurs.
• The differences in explicit and indirect teaching and when it is appropriate to use each.
• The implications of how learning occurs for students with learning problems.
• The research-based recommendations for helping students learn and remember.
• What is meant by “chunking” and how teachers can help students use chunking to increase brain storage capacity.
• The importance of “activating prior knowledge”.
• The importance of “reflecting on the learning”.
• Teaching strategies to help activate the retrieval systems of the brain.
• The steps to help students become independent learners.