From the course: Teaching Complex Topics
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Represent information visually
- In this lesson, we will discuss how we can represent information visually in order to help students better understand our complex topics. How often do you talk with your students, or explain a concept to your students, and they look at you with this confused look on their face. Pretty often, right? That's because we only remember about 20% of what we hear. William Glasser, an internationally renowned psychiatrist, once theorized how people learn. He said that we remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we discuss with others, 80% of what is experienced personally, and 95% of what we teach someone else. While many may feel that his theories are a little old school, I still feel that as for educating in the classroom, this gives us a good guideline for how students learn best. When students are actively engaged in learning, they will retain and understand information better than if they are passively learning. So…
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Introduction to representation2m 40s
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Develop vocabulary and key concepts5m 51s
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Develop background knowledge2m 53s
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Use the metacogntive strategy of think-alouds6m 30s
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Use the metacognitive strategy of self-reflection3m 54s
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Represent information visually4m 54s
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Represent information auditorily3m 16s
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Represent information kinesthetically3m 6s
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