FFLC #2 Workshop: Teaching Strategies and AAMU Students PowerPoint

Teaching Strategies and Motivating AAMU Students CETL Presentation Jody Jones June 19, 2018

Who is the AAMU Student?

Audience Analysis Gender Age Religious Affiliation Cultural Background Ethnicity Urban/Rural Group Membership Attitude (likes /dislikes) Work Experience

Student Learning Preferences Class discussion - 80% Learn by doing - 51% Using technology in a meaningful way - 80% + Digital textbooks, YouTube, Websites with study materials, Do-It-Yourself Learning https://next.bncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gen-Z-Research-Report-Final.pdf

Strategies for Teaching and Learning Class Activity and Discussion Mobile Learning Assignment Design

Student Learning Preferences Activities and learning experiences should be: â—? Meaningful

â—? Technology enhanced

Strategies for Teaching and Learning

Class Activity and Discussion

Teaching Strategies

● Scaffolding ● Jigsaw Strategy

Four Corner Debate In order to make an effective argument or claim, you must understand the basic information about the subject, its various perspectives, and the evidence available to support it or refute it.

Student Preliminary Activities ● ● ● ● ●

Audience Analysis Persuasion Card Game Logical Fallacies Hate Speech Essay Practice Value Statements

Audience Analysis â—?

Determine the audience

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Develop a composite of the average Alabama A & M student

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Identify general background information, attitudes, values and beliefs

Persuasion Card Game lazy Make a case for which word or idea is better or the better choice. https://youtu.be/KzT82i De6Qg

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Logical Fallacies “The football team gets better grades than the baseball team; therefore, playing football makes you smarter�.

Hate Speech Essay Does banning hate speech equate to state censorship of opinions and attitudes?

Four Corner Strategy - Basics ● Students read the value statement and develop a response ● Choose the corner with which they agree most. Then, discuss with others and develop a position statement. ● Present position to the entire group. ● As discussion progresses, students may change their minds and move to another corner.

Four Corner Debate Structure Strongly Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Agree

Practice Value Statements â—? People learn violence from spanking. â—? Women are more effective in dealing with young children than men.

Four Corners - Math https://youtu.be/pW1n6MNZcLc

Four Corner Debate Outcomes ● Increase student interaction and engagement. ● Formulate clearer arguments and concrete evidence to support positions. ● Engage students in critical thinking ● Identify more clearly other perspectives on an issue. ● Assist student understanding of subject matter and terminology

Assignment Design

Assignment Design

What was it like to not know anything about a topic?

http://www.myguruedge.com/our-thin king/myguru-blog/bid/214477/10-commonlogical-fallacies

Assignment Design Clearly establish the purpose of the assignment Be explicit in directions.

Use pre draft writing and brainstorming.

Give students goals to achieve in each assignment.

Provide opportunities for feedback and self assessment.

References Fallacies of Argument Handout - http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fallacies/ Card Persuasion Game http://hubpages.com/education/Persuasion-Speech-Techniques-In-The-College-Classroom Four Corner Debate Strategy - Assessment Rubric http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sssm/html/fourcornersdiscussion_sm.html Four Corner Strategy - Civic Engagement - The Bonnor Foundations http://bonnernetwork.pbworks.com/f/BonCurFourCorners.pdf Four Corner Video -

Math - https://youtu.be/pW1n6MNZcLc

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Teacher Training - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2x8imwhsM8

Four Corners Strategy by by Jennifer Jones Barbour, Department of Communications - Adapted from http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sssm/html/fourcornersdiscussion_sm.html

References Scott Keeter and Paul Taylor - The Millenials - Pew Research Center - http://www.pewresearch.org/2009/12/10/the-millennials/ Gretchen Livingston - More that a million Millenials are becoming Moms each year - Pew Research Center http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/04/more-than-a-million-millennials-are-becoming-moms-each-year/ Marty Nemko - Genreation Z - 2015 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-life/201510/generation-z Getting to Know Gen Z - https://next.bncollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gen-Z-Research-Report-Final.pdf Diann Schaffhauser - Faculty,Students Disagree on Digital Content Usae Savvy https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/03/23/faculty-students-disagree-on-digital-content-usage-savvy.aspx