- Overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy, critical thinking
and problem solving
- Survey of different models/studies on learning
styles
The following
assigned
readings will "flesh out" the concepts summarized in the
handout you received at the end of class on Jan 22.
Please read them in preparation for next week's class:
On Learning Styles:
- Read:
Felder, R.M.
Matters of Style [pdf]
also at:
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm
- Browse
webpage on:
the Dunn
& Dunn Model
On Cognitive Development and Critical Thinking
Skills
- Browse
webpages on: Bloom’s Taxonomy at these URLS, or others you find on your
own:
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom.html
http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
- Read:
Lynch, C.L. Wolcott, S.K.(2001)
Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills [pdf]
See also:
http://www.wolcottlynch.com/ for more ideas and information about
the authors of this paper.
Follow-up
Exercise ( to be
assigned next week; but you can do now if you like!)
==> Complete the various online “Self-Assessments” on learning styles
available at the UA University Learning Center website:
http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/assessments.htm
==> Complete this
Learning Style Inventory based on David Kolb's Model
==> Complete the indicators on this page from Richard Felder and
browse its contents:
More on cognitive skills &
learning styles