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.
In part 3 of this three-part series, teachers will discover ways to build the capacity in students to take ownership of their own learning and strategies to accelerate learning. Summarizing, spaced practice, interleaved practice, elaborate interrogation, and transfer strategies are examples of tools that, when implemented effectively by students, move their learning forward. Each module uses the gradual release of responsibility to engage in strategy instruction with students in the classroom.
Course Outline
Week 1: Student Orientation
Week 2: Learning Strategy 1: Goal Setting
Week 3: Learning Strategy 2: Integrating Prior Knowledge
Week 4: Learning Strategy 3: Summarizing
Week 5: Learning Strategy 4: Mapping
Week 6: Learning Strategy 5: Self-Testing
Week 7: Learning Strategy 6: Elaborative Interrogation
Prerequisites
This course is the second of three in a series. Prior to taking this course, participants should have already successfully completed the following courses:
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 2) 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.