January 25 - Notes

Instruction and Learning:

Types of Intelligence:
Gardner’s Definition: “...A set of skills problem solving...enabling the individual to resolve genuine problems or difficulties....”

The two main intelligences used in schools are:

1. Verbal Linguistic - Ex: Reading Comprehension Exams
2. Mathematical Logical – Ex: Math Exams

Technology allows the use of all the intelligences

9 Intelligences: Be prepared to give examples of these intelligences and how would you incorporate them into a specific class (Ex. Social Studies)for the final exam.
1. Verbal Linguistic – Typing Tutor
2. Mathematical Logical – Number Munchers, Excel
3. Musical – Singing, Musical Instruments, Download Music, Apple’s Garage Band
4. Spatial –Artists, Architect, Photostory
5. Bodily Kinaesthetic –Dance, Smartboard
6. Naturalistic – Nature Walk, Digital Cameras on Nature Walk
7. Existential – Philosophical Questions, Ex. Religion, Research on the internet
8. Interpersonal - Group Projects, Chatting, Text Messaging
9. Intrapersonal – Personal Reflection, Blogging

Cognitive Styles
- Cognition deals with how we think
- Metacognition deals with thinking about thinking
- Myers – Briggs Test (MBTI) – It gives you a series of questions to answer. Depending on your answers, it tells you what career would be suitable for you. It measures cognitive styles.

Motivation
1. Intrinsic – Personal motivation that comes from the inside, because you have a desire to do whatever you do. No one is forcing you to do anything.
2. Extrinsic – External motivation that you receive. Ex: Getting a gold star when you do a good job! It is anything that comes from somewhere else to motivate you.

A.R.C.S Model – Comes from John Keller
- Attention- Interacting with students
- Relevance – What you’re doing meets a goal or need
- Confidence – Being successful at something. You don’t want kids to “lose hope” by not providing them with activities to make them successful. So they will make their academic career to make your life miserable (they will be great at that)
- Satisfaction – The pay off! What benefits will come from your lesson. Will the student’s be able to understand where this info will benefit them.