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2011-12: The Year of Reflective Learning
Join us this year to explore the theme of Reflective Learning (or metacognition). To learn more about Reflective Learning, see the Resources below. See Events at the right to learn more about Sheridan Center programs on this topic.
Recommended Readings and Resources:
Online Resources
- “The Role of Metacognition in the Classroom” from the website On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty has an excellent introduction to metacognition
Books
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (Expanded Edition) edited by John D.Bransford, Ann L.Brown, and Rodney R.Cocking (Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, National Academy Press, 2000)
(This book is available in the Sheridan Center’s resource library and is also available electronically - click here to access an electronic version of this book)
- Journal Keeping: How to Use Reflecting Writing for Effective Learning, Teaching, Professional Insight, and Positive Change by Dannelle D. Stevens and Joanne E. Cooper (Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2009)
Articles
- Inside Higher Ed article: "Can Students Learn to Learn?" (1/31/11) Macalester College Geology Professor Karl Wirth, featured in this article, led workshops on metacognition at the Center this past fall.
- “Learning to Learn” by Karl Wirth and Dexter Perkins (2008)
- “Knowledge Surveys: An Indispensable Course Design and Assessment Tool” by Karl Wirth and Dexter Perkins (Conference proceedings from Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2005)
- Articles from The Teaching Professor vol. 25, no. 6 (June-July 2011)
- "Getting Over Learning Styles" by Larry Spence
- "How Reflective Is That Reflection?" by Maryellen Weirner
(This newsletter is available in the Sheridan Center’s resource library)
Bibliography
- The Teagle Foundation has an excellent bibliography on “Cognition, Brain Development, and Pedagogy”