The Spark of Learning - Sarah Cavanagh
Book: "The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion" by Sarah Rose Cavanagh (2016) West Virginia University Press.
When: December 2019
Why: Recommended by Michelle Gaston
Emotion is important for survival.
Emotion is important in decision making (one hypothesis is that for each alternative we imagine what it will feel like).
First impression matters.
"People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments." - John Steinbeck in East of Eden.
Creating a Good Climate
Be supportive, warm, and optimistic. Smile.
When: December 2019
Why: Recommended by Michelle Gaston
Emotion is important for survival.
Emotion is important in decision making (one hypothesis is that for each alternative we imagine what it will feel like).
First impression matters.
"People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments." - John Steinbeck in East of Eden.
Creating a Good Climate
Be supportive, warm, and optimistic. Smile.
Be confident and competent.
Be clear on syllabus and rules.
Make humor relevant to class material.
Use self-disclosure selectively.
Make humor relevant to class material.
Use self-disclosure selectively.
During a Lesson
Check students' progress often. Use controlled confusion.
Give positive feedback. Ask harder questions.
Attributional retraining and growth mindset: praise effort, not ability.
Give positive feedback. Ask harder questions.
Attributional retraining and growth mindset: praise effort, not ability.
Planning a Lesson
Interests: make activities and assignment self-relevant.
Curiosity: use puzzles and mysteries.
Role-playing: pretend to be someone who would value the information.
Designing a Course
Clear syllabus.
Help students with goal setting: give frequent deadlines.
Give student control: provide options.
Maximize value: relevance to current or future goals. Add transcendent purpose.
Minimize anxiety: frequent, low-stake quizzes. Lowest grade dropped.
Exams: provide sample questions and give them enough time.
Assignments: clear instruction, clear purpose, rubric, examples of A assignment
Curiosity: use puzzles and mysteries.
Role-playing: pretend to be someone who would value the information.
Designing a Course
Clear syllabus.
Help students with goal setting: give frequent deadlines.
Give student control: provide options.
Maximize value: relevance to current or future goals. Add transcendent purpose.
Minimize anxiety: frequent, low-stake quizzes. Lowest grade dropped.
Exams: provide sample questions and give them enough time.
Assignments: clear instruction, clear purpose, rubric, examples of A assignment
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