Overcoming Apathy and Creating Excitement in the Classroom
- Slides: 11
Overcoming Apathy and Creating Excitement in the Classroom Sinclair Community College 2012 Spring Conference April 20, 2012 TODD ZAKRAJSEK, PH. D. 919 -636 -8170 TODDZAKRAJSEK@GMAIL. COM
Design for Learning What is your anticipated outcome? How will you accomplish that outcome? How will you know you were successful?
Multitasking Automatic… Controlled… http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=v. JG 698 U 2 Mvo
What behaviors illustrate or are good examples of something an unmotivated student might do?
Attribution How do we describe the “cause” of behavior? ? ? - Internal (dispositional) - External (situational)
Card passing What is one issue or concern you have with respect to your students and creating an effective learning environment?
Power of Social Norms Cialdini…. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j 7 OHG 7 t. Hr. NM
Power of Social Norms Your heritage is being vandalized every day by theft losses of petrified wood of 14 tons of wood a year, mostly a small piece at a time.
Selected References Bjork, R. A. , & Linn, M. C. (2006, March). The Science of Learning and the Learning of Science: Introducing Desirable Difficulties. American Psychological Society Observer, 19, 29 - 39. Bransford, J. D. , Brown, A. L. , & Cocking, R. R. (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Chickering, A. , & Ehrmann, S. (1996). Implementing the seven principles: Technology as lever. AAHE Bulletin, October, 3 -6. Goldstein, N. J. , Cialdini, R. B. , & Griskevicius, V. (2008). A room with a viewpoint: Using normative appeals to motivate environmental conservation in a hotel setting. Journal of Consumer Research, 35, 472 -482. Halpern, D. F. & Hakel, M. D. (2002). Applying the science of learning to university teaching and beyond. New Directions in Teaching and Learning, 89. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Karpicke, J. D. , & Roediger, H. L. (2007). Repeated retrieval during learning is the key to long-term retention. Journal of Memory and Language, 57, 151 -162.
Selected References Mueller, C. M. & Dweck, C. S. (1998). Intelligence praise can undermine motivation and performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 33 -52. Pashler, H. , Mc. Daniel, M. , Rohrer, D. , & Bjork, R. (2009). Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 9 (3), 105119. Available Online - http: //psi. sagepub. com/content/9/3/105. full Recht, D. R. , & Leslie, L. (1988). Effect of prior knowledge on good and poor readers’ memory of text. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 16 – 20. Wilson, T. D. , Damiani, M. & Shelton, N. (2002). Improving the academic performance of college students with brief attributional interventions. In Joshua Aronson, Ed. , Improving Academic Achievement: Impact of Psychological Factors on Education. (pp. 91 -108). New York: Academic Press.
