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Creating Independent Learners

Creating Independent Learners

These slides accompanied a mini-workshop that I co-ran at Northern Arizona University's Fall 2014 Tutor Training with Ellie Kennedy.

Dana Ernst

August 27, 2014
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  1. Claim
    If I were to teach you all known
    information, it wouldn’t last
    the year.

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  2. Question
    How does a person learn
    something new?

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  3. Question
    What do you reasonably expect
    you will remember from your
    courses in 20 years?

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  4. Question
    What is the value of making
    mistakes in the learning
    process?

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  5. Claim
    “Any creative endeavor is built
    on the ash heap of failure.”
    – Michael Starbird

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  6. Activity
    Scenario
    A student walks in, sits down, and raises his/her hand. When
    you visit the student, he/she indicates that they have no idea
    how to start any of their homework.
    Task
    Discuss some strategies for dealing with this student. What
    are some things not to do?

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  7. Activity
    Response
    “Take a guess. How can you check to see if you might have
    guessed right?”
    Task
    Discuss some scenarios under which this would be an
    appropriate response.

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  8. Activity
    Response
    “Why? I’m sure you are right, I just don’t see it.”
    Task
    Discuss some scenarios under which this would be an
    appropriate response.

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  9. Activity
    Response
    “What would a harder problem be?”
    Task
    Discuss some scenarios under which this would be an
    appropriate response.

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  10. Activity
    Response
    “You and Sarah over there are working on the same problem
    and Sarah has a good start. Sarah will you please share what
    you have done so far with Matt?”
    Task
    Discuss some scenarios under which this would be an
    appropriate response.

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  11. Activity
    Response
    “Whats a way to be systematic in exploring this?”
    Task
    Discuss some scenarios under which this would be an
    appropriate response.

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