Title: The instruction of Power Point to students and adults.
1The instruction of Power Point to students and
adults. Advanced Organizer
- Presented by
- Rob, Deborah, Richard, and Joe
2A special thanks to our campfire leaders in
cyberspace.
Bruce McVicker
Mike Menchaca
3Research question?
- When using the Advanced Organizer teaching
strategy as the primary approach, how do
adolescents and adults learn PowerPoint
differently?
4Advanced Organizer
- So why not provide the scaffold of ideas at the
beginning of the course? Let the student in on
the secret of the structure, including an
understanding of how it continually emerges
through further inquiry, so that the mind can be
active as the course progresses. David Ausubel,
November 1968 - What is the Advanced Organizer Technique?
- Analysis of teaching technique.
- Active research groups.
- Research and data collection.
5Presentation of Advance Organizer
- Clarify aims of the lesson.
- Present organizer
- Identify defining attributes
- Give examples
- Provide context
- Repeat
- Prompt awareness of learners relevant knowledge
and experience.
6Presentation of Learning Task or Material
- Present material.
- Maintain attention.
- Make organization explicit.
- Make logical order of learning material explicit.
7Strengthening Cognitive Organization
- Use principles of integrative reconciliation.
- Promote active reception learning.
- Elicit critical approach to subject matter.
- Clarify.
- To strengthen the students cognitive
organization. - This is what it means
- Tell them what youre going to tell them.
- Tell them.
- Tell them what you told them.
- LET THEM THINK!
8Analysis of Teaching Technique
- Adolescents
- Overall Effects
- Behavioral Modeling and Demonstration
- Practice and Transfer
- Case Studies
- Good and Grouws
- Stallings and Kaskowitz
9Research on Groups Taught
- Adolescents
- Stronger learning gains in structured learning
environment - Effective demonstration
- Clear and concise so learners can perceive what
is going on - Explanation and discussions enhance student
performance - Teacher guided practice
- Independent practice with more complex
conditionspromotes transfer of learning
- Adults
- Unique Learning Process
- Ausubel Acquiring new cognition depends on
already established cognitive structures - Close Pin Theory
10Primary Dimensions of Adult Learners by Stephen
Lieb
- Self-Directed
- Set learning goals, expectations
- Locate resources
- Critical Reflection
- Paradigm shift
- Question/Replace or reframe assumptions
- Experiential Learning
- Linderman(1926) Experience is the adult living
textbook a continuing process of evaluating
experiences. - Learning to Learn
11Adult Learner Pitfalls
- Our experiences are culturally framed
- Individual interpretations based on experience
can be problematic in learning new information.
12Adults vs Adolescent
- Adults
- Demand structure
- Move slowly, cautious, methodical
- Adolescents
- Initially cautious
- More willing to move to advanced skills without
developing strong foundational elements
13Common Teaching Tools Used
- PowerPoint for Dummies
- Walk-through a slide
- Sand-box Time
- Collaborative atmosphere-coach each other up!
- Evaluation of Teachers (us)
14Adolescent Unit
- Health / Study Skills
- Environmental Health Unit
- MLA
- Power Point
- Speech
15Staff Development
- Teachers who are interested in catching up with
technology. - Use of a hyper linked agenda as an advanced
organizer. - Using the Talking Ball to establish what the
people know about computers/PowerPoint.
16Adolescent Learning-Common Questions during
instruction
- How do I import video?
- What music is appropriate?
- Would it be better to time my presentation or run
it through the mouse?
17Adult Learning-Common Questions during
instruction
- How do I get to the sound gallery?
- How do I get motion clips?
- Can I change the color of the font?
- Can I use more than one background?
18Data collection
- The way to collect data on the learning is to
evaluate the presentations through a common
rubric. - Content Covered
- Speech evaluation
- Evaluation Form
19When using the Advanced Organizer teaching
strategy as the primary approach, how do
adolescents and adults learn PowerPoint
differently?
- Adolescents
- Mastery of the tool
- Need for high level applications
- More guidance needed in speaking techniques, less
in technology
- Adults
- Minimal knowledge of tools (i.e. computer
competency) - Step by step progression through the application
- Less guidance in speaking, more in technology
20Resources
- Arends, Richard (1991) Learning to teach, Direct
Instruction. - Ausubel, David (2000). Learning from
presentations Advance Organizers, Models of
teaching / Bruce Joyce, Marrsha Weil, with Emily
Calhoun, 6th edition. - Brookfield, Stephen (1995). International
Encyclopedia of Education. - Gunter, Mary A. (1995). Instruction models
Approach, The Direct Instruction Model. - Lieb, Stephen (2000). Principles of Adult
Learning, www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/F
acDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm