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LEARNING MECHANICS

Dan Schwartz introduced us to core mechanics for learning that can be directly applied to learning experiences. I recommend reading Measuring what matters most and The ABCs of How We Learn that explain these and many other mechanics in more detail.

Analogy Use two examples with the same deep structure and different surface features. Have students discover it on their own.	Contrasting Cases Use contrasting cases to highlight important features of phenomena.	Deliberate Practice Features of deliberate practice: 1) Motivation to improve. 2) Build on prior knowledge. 3) Immediate informative feedback of performance. 4) Repeatedly perform similar tasks.
Experience and Explanation Common experience can serve as a grounding metaphor that prepares students for future learning by explanation and further exploration.	Belonging A feeling of belonging increases drive and decreases the threat of alienation.	Norms A taken-as-shared basis for interaction serves as a backdrop against which students behave and communicate.

MENTAL MAP - INDIVIDUAL LEARNER

ALGEBRA PROJECT PEDAGOGY

HOW DO YOU MEASURE LEARNING?

Qualitative and quantitative methods try to answer this guiding question for educators

Game Data Game data can capture student choices and be used to determine gaps in understanding and partial understandings that traditional multiple choice testing can't.	Interviews Open-ended questions can generate responses that reveal the depth of student understanding and allow for unanticipated solutions.	Choice-Based Assessment "Digital technologies make this possible, because interactive assessments can evaluate students in a context of choosing whether, what, how, and when to learn." (Schwartz & Arena 2009)

EVAN RUSHTON'S

LDT EXPERIENCE

LEARNING MECHANICS

Analogy

Use two examples with the same deep structure and different surface features. Have students discover it on their own.

Contrasting Cases

Use contrasting cases to highlight important features of phenomena.

Deliberate Practice

Features of deliberate practice: 1) Motivation to improve. 2) Build on prior knowledge. 3) Immediate informative feedback of performance. 4) Repeatedly perform similar tasks.

Experience and Explanation

Common experience can serve as a grounding metaphor that prepares students for future learning by explanation and further exploration.

Belonging

A feeling of belonging increases drive and decreases the threat of alienation.

Norms

A taken-as-shared basis for interaction serves as a backdrop against which students behave and communicate.

MENTAL MAP - INDIVIDUAL LEARNER

ALGEBRA PROJECT PEDAGOGY

HOW DO YOU MEASURE LEARNING?

Game Data

Game data can capture student choices and be used to determine gaps in understanding and partial understandings that traditional multiple choice testing can't.

Interviews

Open-ended questions can generate responses that reveal the depth of student understanding and allow for unanticipated solutions.

Choice-Based Assessment

"Digital technologies make this possible, because interactive assessments can evaluate students in a context of choosing whether, what, how, and when to learn." (Schwartz & Arena 2009)