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Knowing Today’s Students

From Margaret Garroway’s Motivating and Engaging Developmental Students Sitehttps://howardcc.instructure.com/courses/773372/modules/items/4660036

Which country will soon have the most English speakers in the world?

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1. Brazil2. India3. China4. United States

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The US. Dept. of Labor estimates that today’s learners will have ______ jobs by the age of 38.

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1. 2-32. 3-53. 7 - 94. 10 - 14

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______% of workers have been with their employers for less than a year.

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The first commercial text message was sent in _______.

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How does Team-Based Learning help our students stay engaged?

The Brain Gets High on Participation

The team challenge “works because it’s fun. And when we experience pleasure our brains release a neurotransmitter called dopamine. ‘The brain is a dopamine junkie,’ says Dr. Judy Willis. ‘It wants to remember things that release it.’ Active participation is by far the best way to encourage this.”

Miller, Jennifer. “Flipped Out.” Spirit Aug 2013: 76. Print

The Brain Gets High on Participation

When students aren’t actively engaged they are more likely to tune out.

That’s the problem with lecture-based teaching.

Watching a lecture in person or on video are both passive activities to the brain.

Need to compel students to make decisions through out the lesson

Miller, Jennifer. “Flipped Out.” Spirit Aug 2013: 76. Print

Brains are not patient – need immediate feedback

For the dopamine reward system to work, feedback needs to be immediate.

In video games, players know right away if they succeeded in beating a level.

It takes a few days for students to receive feedback on homework.

Achievable challenge is important. Video games encourage you to play until you succeed.

Miller, Jennifer. “Flipped Out.” Spirit Aug 2013: 76. Print

1. Students are required to do a reading, watch video, or an activity before coming to class. (Works well for Flipped Classroom)

2. Students are given an individual quiz at beginning of class.

3. Students move into assigned groups to answer same questions (get immediate feedback) and more difficult applications of the material.

Team-based Learning – Group Work that works (video) http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ctl/largeclasses/#tbl

More about Team-Based Learning

HCC Clickers 101https://howardcc.instructure.com/courses/755361

Contact Karen Evans at  imfacultylab@howardcc.edu for additional Clicker training

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