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Important research on learning for achievement.

Teaching Metacognition: How Students Think Is Key To High Achievement

Research about how self-awareness can help you tap your learning potential

How often do you hear a student say "I don't know." Here are five alternative suggestions that you might offer up to your students. Why? If we want our students to become critical thinkers they need to be able to ask questions. Rather than accepting the answer "I don't know" have the student think a bit more and come up with a better question. Click through to the post to see three additional questions and share your own if you have other suggestions.

5 Better Ways To Say 'I Don't Know' In The Classroom

1. May I please have more information?

2. May I have some time to think?

3. Would you please repeat the question?

4. Where could I find more information about the?

5. May I ask a friend for help? Good ideas!

How do you engage the student when he/she says "I don't know"?

Ross Parker has posted another infographic that ties into an earlier one (that looked at Style Comparison and was posted in this Scoop.it). This one looks at mindsets and how there are similarities today in the mindsets of teachers and students. He states "The two visualisations below are part of an ongoing attempt to define my views on education, and make these accessible to my students, fellow teachers, parents and leaders."

If you click through to the post you will also see the first infographic and you may download them in a variety of formats.

A very GOOD trick to use that is to show the students some tools and telling them that they are YOUR "Secret Tools" and give them the download link! Show them also examples which YOU created, BUT these examples shouldn't be perfect (even weak...) and challenge them to do BETTER, NOT TIME LIMIT to do that!!!

Wait and see and be SURPRISED ;)

Higher education may be a transformative point in a student's journey as they seek to develop a professional identity in the community, society and the world. The article contains practical information on how we may help students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed in this transitional stage of their life based on the principal of “Learning as becoming”. 

Competency based education is a great idea but can it be used in a traditional classroom setting?

Competency based education is a great idea but can it be used in a traditional classroom setting?

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Uma ferramenta interessante para suportar o desenvolvimento multimédia diretamente no GoogleDocs.

Great tips on how to facilitate collaborative learning. Learners that work collaborativley are engaged in their learning and have better learning outcomes. 

I liked this article, as it highlighted to me the importance of collaborative learning is much better than individual learning.  As I have mentioned several times, the learning and assessment that takes place within my workplace has a strong behaviourist foundation of learning and repeating key words and actions to pass an assessment (it is a very individual approach to learning).

Many of my colleagues view this experience of learning & assessment in a negative way.  What are some of the ways to overcome this negative view of learning?

After reading this article, I will seriously consider using a collaborative learning style within my workplace (if I get the opportunity).  The advantage of using real world problems or clinical incidents is that it offers the learner the opportunitity to improve their critical thinking skills and problem-solving ability.  

Therefore, by using collaborative learning you can apply the following learning theories of cognitivism, constructivism, objectivism.

Keeping the groups at moderate levels will ensure an effective exchange of ideas and participation in all involved, I can echo the same statement that two heads are better than one. It is also interesting to learn that collaborative teams attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer periods as compared to  their individual counterparts., yes the use of technology makes collaborative learning manageable.