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As you come in: 1. Check in at the Tweet Booth2. Sit where you like, but no more than 4

people per table 3. Have some food4. Write your simple summary on a white

board near your table5. Get ready to sing Happy Birthday

Principle 1: Simple

Design your presentation around a core idea, displayed in compact form.

Principle 2: Unexpected Capture the attention of your

attendees at the beginning and hold it throughout.

Principle 3: Concrete Use the power of imagery and rich

examples to explore and explain difficult concepts.

Principle 4: Credible

Use convincing evidence and multiple formats to embellish key

points.

Principle 5: Emotion

Create conditions that make people care and become emotionally

invested in your content.

Principle 6: Stories

Engage listeners through vivid, compelling, and real-life stories that inspire them to act.

Scholarly evidence for the SUCCESs elements

Simple

Unexpected Concrete

Credible

Emotional

Story Success

Short Term Memory Activity

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Magical Number 7

We have identified pedagogical and biological correlates for all of the elements of the model.• Element• Pedagogical Correlate• S – Simple

• U – Unexpected

• C - Concrete

• C – Credible

• E – Emotion

• S – Stories

Biological

Correlates =

Learning

Pedagogical

Correlates =

Teaching

Element Biological Correlate - Learning Pedagogical Correlate – Teaching

S – Simple

Distill to core idea

Short-term memory capacity is finite - Short term vs. long term memory - Eric Kandel

Active processing ability is finite - Cognitive Load Theory - John Sweller

U – Unexpected

Gain & maintain attention

Surprise activates arousal -Selective Attention and Arousal Theories – Jennifer Coull

Interest leads to cognitive engagement - Situational Interest – Suzanne Hidi

C - Concrete

Give me an example

Observations reactivate stored knowledge - Mirror neurons - Giacomo Rizolatti

Learning builds on pre-existing knowledge - Constructivism – John Dewey, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky

C – Credible

See for yourselfCognition is encoded from sensory experience – James Zull

Direct experience validates theory -Experiential learning – David Kolb

E – Emotion

Hit ‘em in the gut

Emotion strengthens brain reaction to information - Limbic System activation – Robert Leamnson

Value drives motivation to learn - Motivation theories - Martin Fishbein

S – Stories

People like stories

Our brains are wired for story - Theory of Mind – Rebecca Saxe

Knowledge can be held in stories - Narrative Inquiry, Narrative Ways of Knowing - Jerome Bruner

Data from Lilly West

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral Somewhat Disagree

Stongly Disagree

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1. Potential2. Need Scholarship

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1. I see the potential of using this model in my future teaching or instructional development work.

2. I need to have sound scholarship supporting this model for it to be useful to me.

Data from Lilly West

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Agree

Neutral Somewhat Disagree

Stongly Disagree

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1. Potential2. Need Scholarship

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1. I see the potential of using this model in my future teaching or instructional development work.

2. I need to have sound scholarship supporting this model for it to be useful to me.

“This theory resonates well.. so if it had a strong evidential basis I can see it going really far.”

– Lilly West Attendee

Simple (biological): Short-term memory capacity is finite

Chunking Activity

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STOP! Remember the number but don’t write it down.

GO! Write the number down.

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1776 1040 1492 747

STOP! Remember the number but don’t write it down.

GO! Write the number down.

1776 1040 1492 747

1776 1040 1492 747

17 761 0401 4927 47

Simple (pedagogical): Active processing ability is finite.

The curse of knowledge activity

1. Each person at the table will tap out the song on their note card (don’t share your note card with anyone else!)

2. The rest of the table will be guessers.3. Tappers – as you’re tapping, estimate how many people

will correctly guess your song4. Guessers - write down what song you thought it was5. Tappers – reveal your song and see how many people got

it right6. Move to the next Tapper and repeat until everyone has

tapped.

Element Biological Correlate - Learning Pedagogical Correlate – Teaching

S – Simple

Distill to core idea

Short-term memory capacity is finite - Short term vs. long term memory - Eric Kandel

Active processing ability is finite - Cognitive Load Theory - John Sweller

U – Unexpected

Gain & maintain attention

Surprise activates arousal -Selective Attention and Arousal Theories – Jennifer Coull

Interest leads to cognitive engagement - Situational Interest – Suzanne Hidi

C - Concrete

Give me an example

Observations reactivate stored knowledge - Mirror neurons - Giacomo Rizolatti

Learning builds on pre-existing knowledge - Constructivism – John Dewey, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky

C – Credible

See for yourselfCognition is encoded from sensory experience – James Zull

Direct experience validates theory -Experiential learning – David Kolb

E – Emotion

Hit ‘em in the gut

Emotion strengthens brain reaction to information - Limbic System activation – Robert Leamnson

Value drives motivation to learn - Motivation theories - Martin Fishbein

S – Stories

People like stories

Our brains are wired for story - Theory of Mind – Rebecca Saxe

Knowledge can be held in stories - Narrative Inquiry, Narrative Ways of Knowing - Jerome Bruner

Concrete (biological): Observations reactivate stored knowledge.

Concrete (pedagogical): Learning builds on pre-existing knowledge.

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Conclusion

1. Scholarly support for SUCCESs matters to some.

2. Short term memory capacity is finite.3. Active processing ability is finite.4. Schema help us process more.5. Observations reactivate stored knowledge.6. Learning builds on pre-existing knowledge.7. Choose your examples wisely.

Conclusion

Compose a tweet of your take-home message of this presentation.

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