Description
The course series, How Learning Works, focuses on practices for teachers that help translate John Hattie’s Visible Learning research into practice. The intent of these courses is the translation of findings from the science of how we learn into promising principles or practices that can be implemented in classrooms. They further extend how students can use these findings in their own learning journey.
Part 2 of this three-part series takes an up-close look at promising principles and practices from the science of learning. The emphasis is on how to adapt the promising principles or practices/interventions based on the local context of individual classrooms. From there, this course takes a beginning look at explicit instruction and how to build capacity in our students to take ownership of their learning. This course is designed for K-12 educators who want to translate the science of learning into strategies for maximum learning impact in the classroom.
Course Outline
Week 1: Student Orientation
Week 2: Promising Principle 3: Elaborate Encoding
Week 3: Promising Principle 4: Retrieval and Practice
Week 4: Promising Principle 5: Cognitive Load
Week 5: Promising Principle 6: Productive Struggle
Week 6: Promising Principle 7: Feedback
Week 7: Explicit Strategy Instruction
Prerequisites
This course is the second of three in a series. Prior to taking this course, participants should have already successfully completed the following course:
This is an intermediate level course for teachers, literacy coaches, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists, or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers with Internet access. In addition, participants should be proficient with browsing the Internet, uploading and downloading content, navigating to computer files, and with using word processing software, email, and attachments.
Required Materials
This course (and Part 1 and Part 3) requires the textbook How Learning Works: A Playbook, 1st Edition. It can be ordered in Kindle or spiral-bound formats for less than $27.00 on Amazon. All materials in this course are the property of the South Carolina Department of Education Office of VirtualSC PD. All course materials needed/required for the workshop, other than the book listed above, are available online.