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Supporting Students’ Academic Success
What is within our locus of control?
Kay M. Sagmiller, Ph. D
What influences students’ learning?
As professors, some things are simply not within our locus of control…
► Sleep deprivation► Distractions► Effort
Factors Within Faculty’s Locus of Control
►Course Design
►Assessment of student learning
►Implementation
Design Matters: Alignment
Curriculum
Explicit
Planned
Taught
Learned
Assessed
Unplanned
Untaught
Unlearned
Unassessed
ImpliedNull
Course Design…Where does this course fit in the
curriculum?
Which program
outcomes are central to this
course?
Course Design…
At the end of this course… what must my students know…and be able to do?
How can I find out if they learned what I intended?
Course Design…
Whatquestions areat the core of this course?
What will be difficult for my students to learn?
What type of thinking will this course require of students?
What models, analogies and examples willhelp to illustrate keypoints?
Course Design…
►Align course outcomes to program outcomes
►Sequence knowledge and skills development
►Plan assessments
Student work is the window into
the student’s thinking and
learning
Assessment
Understanding develops over time
Strategic thinking
Basic applicati
on
Recall
Extended thinkingPerformance
Tasks: multi-stage projects
Academic prompts: Open-ended questions or problems requiring analysis
Tests and Quizzes: Factual content,Discreet skills
Designing summative tasks
1. Goal2. Role3. Audience4. Situation5. Product, performance and purpose6. Standards and Criteria for success
You are an associate professor proposing a new model of teacher evaluation to the
promotion and tenure committee. Your task is to convince your colleagues student
evaluations are insufficient data for P & T purposes. Prepare a 10 minute presentation that defends your argument and proposes a more robust and reliable data source for the
evaluation of teaching.
Your presentation needs to…Your work will be judged by…
Your presentation must meet the following standards
Implementation
Set
Serve
Evaluate
Content
Construct Meaning
Organize
Store
Humans link new information to their existing schema
Enhancing the Retention of Content
1) Provide advance organizers
2) Present information graphically, pictorially
3) Review key ideas and concepts
4) Use storytelling, analogies, metaphors
5) Require students to discuss content
Working memory is 20 minutes
Plan short “Wake and Engage” moments
►Think, pair, share►Compare your notes to your
neighbors and clarify any misconceptions
►Summarize the lecture since our last break and share it with your neighbor
►Review your notes and highlight the following main points
Skills
ConstructModel
Shape Internalize
Supporting Skill Development
1. Demonstrate while thinking aloud
2. Scaffold practice
3. Point out common errors, give feedback
4. Analyze exemplary models
5. Ask student to explain what they are doing and why
Assessing Skills
►Performance►Performance►Performance►Performance►Performance►Performance►Performance
Emotions and the Senses Influence Memory Storage
Self-perception influences Learning
Do I value feedback?
►Am I sensitive to the feelings of others?
Open minded?Do I seek clarity in my work?
Address students’ attitudes and perceptions…
►The Classroom Climate Acceptance by the teacher Acceptance by peers Comfort and order of the classroom
Classroom Tasks Value Ability Clarity
Day One: Getting off on the right foot
1. Be friendly, welcoming2. Address preconceived ideas about the
course and your teaching3. Encourage students to study together4. Clearly communicate academic
expectations: Value, ability and clarity
Factors Within Faculty’s Locus of Control
►Course Design
►Student Assessment
►Implementation