Making Learning Stick in Medical Education |
Make it Stick
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Getting Started!
Active learning
Using Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (2014) we will explore how active learning techniques can lead to better dissemination of information by instructors and formation of more durable memory of content by learners. Research has clearly demonstrated that lecturing in the classroom and using rereading as a means of study are ineffective. Classrooms in K-12, undergraduate and graduate level are all moving to a more effective means of teaching and learning. This class will provide the rationale behind to movement to change to active learning in the classroom, using testing as a learning method and encouraging retrieval, spaced learning and other active study methods.
Course Overview
Change your brain
Each of the first four weeks focuses on two chapters from the textbook Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Leaning. Summaries of the content are provided first, supplementary videos or articles to further flesh out the content, application ideas for instructors and students in the medical field and then finally specific implementation ideas are provided. As you will learn, retrieval not rereading is the way to go. With this in mind a quiz is provided at the end of each section to test yourself. In the final week, a video is provided to explain how training and using active learning methods can change the actual anatomy and physiology of the brain in a process called neuroplasticity. By the end of this online workshop, you should: explain the difference between active and passive learning methods, be able to design a lesson that uses inquiry in the classroom with frequent retrieval exercises to help form durable memories, describe why a growth mindset is necessary, diagram the changes that occur in the brain with active learning and finally be able to argue why desirable difficulties are needed for the best learning outcome.
Requirements for completion
Quiz
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I highly suggest purchasing the book Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Read each section at your own pace, take the quizzes to make sure you understand the material and then take the time to consider how you can apply these active learning methods in your own life as an instructor or as a learner.
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Brown, Peter., Roediger III, Henry L., & McDaniel, Mark A. (2014) Make it stick; The science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA : The Belknap Press of Harvard University.
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Chapter 1 and 2 Chapter 3 and 4 Chapter 5 and 6 Chapter 7 and 8 Neuroplasticity Video
About the instructor
My name is Leann Poston. I graduated from WSU-BSOM and did my residency at Dayton Children's Hospital. I was a practicing pediatrician for 12 years. I then taught Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Genetics, ICM and AP Biology at Carroll HIgh School for the next 12 years in order to spend more time with my children. Currently, I am employed at WSU-BSOM as the Career Advisor in the Office of Student Affairs and Admissions. My areas of interest are : medical professionalism, curriculum design, technology and interpersonal communication skills.
Have questions?
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