CETL Presentation October 12, 2011

Dr. Lisa Dinella & Dr. Natalie CiaroccoPsychology Department

This presentation was based on the following works:

o Marin, A (2011, January). Using Active Learning to Energize the Psychology Classroom: Fifty Exercises That Take Five Minutes or Less. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete, FL.

o Marin, A. (in press). The art of the mindful moment: How to use micro-activities to promote learning. Accepted for publication in College Learning. Heldref Publications.

o Marin, A. (2011). The Interactive Learning Companion for Introductory Psychology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education.

What was the worst lecture that you have

ever attended?•What made it the worst?

Attention span is ~10 minutes Vision trumps all other senses Rehearsal & active processing of

information Learn better when we are interested

& motivated Don’t Resist the Science!

May require you to cut content

Takes time to change the class

Risky psychologically

Guidelines for creating and using mindful momentso Should only last a few minuteso Should require the student to process the

information activelyo Students must be accountable for the end

product

Minute Papers

Visual Learning

Assessment

Student Interaction

Discussion/Debate

Pop Culture

Critical Thinking

How could YOU use it?o Select one of the activities on the

handout to apply to a class you are teaching right now.• Share with a neighbor!

Work with diverse teaching styles Reinforce secondary learning

objectiveso Mindfulness: We are better at this than our

students!

Flexible and user friendly Good form of assessment

o Close your eyes . . .

So short, it is a reasonable risk!

You have 2 minutes to summarize the main point of today’s presentation.

• Share with the group!!!