CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Descriptive Knowledge, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Metacognition
3 Nov 2016
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Who is responsible for learning: learning and learners. Internal locus of control (person attributes success/failure to self) External locus of control (person attributes success/failure to environmental factors outside their control/luck/fate: learning and learners. A teacher is to facilitate learning and provide the conditions for learning to take place. Classroom rule, poster about tips for good writing, children"s work on walls, classroom environment, extrinsic motivation. Expectation of success, expectation of support, interest, intrinsic motivation, exploration freedom: learning and learners. The challenges for teachers is to set the external conditions that support and spark the internal conditions. Instinct versus knowledge (animal learning: assumptions about learning. Assumption 2: there is meaning in fact; learn the fact and you learn the meaning of the fact. Construction of knowledge & influence of experience. Those who use strategies metacognitively tend to be more successful. Application of strategies not immediately rewarding: assumptions about learning.
