Hannah R. Snyder, Assistant Prof. of Psychology at Brandeis University, is interested in understanding risk and resilience factors for mental health in college students and young adults, focusing on how stress, cognitive function (especially executive function), and coping strategies interact, given that adolescence and emerging adulthood (early 20s) are periods of heightened risk for mental health… Read more »
Tag: metacognition
Helping students engage in active learning during class
Active learning is commonly defined as activities that students do to construct knowledge and understanding. The activities vary but require students to engage in higher order thinking skills such as critical thinking. Although not always explicitly noted, metacognition—students’ thinking about their own learning—is an important element, providing the link between activity and learning. In one of… Read more »
Making Thinking Visible
This summer, faculty from the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science (TIDES) at the University of Austin, held a workshop on metacognition which started with a couple basic assumptions: Instructors want students to learn Learning is the result of thinking. They argued that the connection between learning and thinking is a connection we often… Read more »
Precourse Survey
One way to improve engagement with your students is to learn more about them. A precourse survey is one way to help develop a connection with your students, and get to know them beyond what is shared in an introduction discussion. What do you want to know about them? A survey can help you conduct… Read more »