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Direct Instruction in Knowledge Application and Metacognitive Skills
Teaching & Assessing Metacognitive Skills
Dr. Tammy Heflebower Senior Scholar
Marzano Research Laboratory [email protected]
@tammymrl 1
Explore a Few QuesCons Together
• Why teach metacogniCve (21st century) skills?
• What are the metacogniCve skills? • What are some ideas for teaching and assessing them?
History of the 21st Century Movement (Kay, 2010; Gardner, 2010; Darling-‐Hammond, 2010)
• Kay (2010) noted that the types of jobs available are shiUing from manufacturing
and industrial jobs to service sector occupaCons. Computers now perform most rouCne, rule-‐guided tasks, and informaCon and communicaCon technologies enable extensive interacCon among people from many cultures in the global marketplace.
• Instead of compleCng rouCne, task-‐based assignments, employees must now set goals, solve problems, work effecCvely with a wide variety of customers and colleagues, and make decisions without direct supervision. Kay observed that these funcCons require skills that were not necessary for most manufacturing and industrial jobs in the 20th century.
• Drop-‐out rate – For every 10 students who enter eighth grade, only seven graduate high school on Cme, and only three
complete a postsecondary degree by age 26: (Jobs for the Future, 2005, p. 5)
• Lack of student engagement – Drop out rates and student engagement are inextricably linked.
• Achievement gaps – Students’ current lack of engagement can be a`ributed to a “new set of desires and expectaCons” that 21xt
century students have developed as a result of their “lifelong immersion in all things digital” (Trilling & Fadel, 2009, p. 29).
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Cogni5ve Skills Cona5ve Skills GeneraCng Conclusions Becoming aware of the power of
interpretaCons
IdenCfying common logical errors CulCvaCng a growth mindset
PresenCng and supporCng claims CulCvaCng resiliency
NavigaCng digital sources Avoiding negaCve thinking
Problem solving Taking various perspecCves
Decision making InteracCng reasonably
ExperimenCng Handling controversy and conflict
InvesCgaCng
IdenCfying basic relaConships between ideas
GeneraCng and manipulaCng mental images
Level 3 Lagging Indicators The following are examples of statements that could be used as lagging indicators for level 3: • Curriculum documents have been created that correlate the wri`en curriculum to state and
district standards (for example, the CCSS, if applicable). • Curriculum documents have been created that correlate the wriAen curriculum to 21st century
skills (for example, college and career readiness skills and mathema5cal prac5ce skills from the CCSS).
• Data show a very strong posiCve correlaCon (90 percent or higher) between what is taught in classrooms (that is, the taught curriculum) and the wri`en curriculum.
• Data show a very strong posiCve correlaCon (90 percent or higher) between assessments and the wri`en and taught curricula.
• A wri`en list of essenCal standards or content in the curriculum is in place. • A wri`en list of essenCal vocabulary is in place for all levels (that is, Tiers 1, 2, and 3). • A curriculum audit document shows that the Cme it would take to adequately address the • essenCal elements of the curriculum does not exceed the instrucConal Cme available.
MetacogniCve Skills
Meta-‐analysis found that problem-‐based learning “is significantly more effec5ve than tradiConal instrucCon to train competent and skilled pracCConers and to promote long-‐term reten5on of knowledge and skills acquired during the learning experience or training session” (Strobel & van Barnveld, 2009).
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“Perhaps the most obvious and dramaCc way the 21st century differs from those previous is in how informaCon is discovered or created and how it is distributed. Students cannot be successful criCcal thinkers if they cannot properly focus on what is important, navigate digital sources to find informaCon that is relevant and credible, and idenCfy and dismiss arguments that contain errors in thinking. They cannot be successful at considering, developing, and defending their own arguments if they cannot generate reasonable conclusions, present claims, and provide adequate support for those claims” (Marzano & Heflebower, 2011, p. 69).
Analyzing and Using Informa5on • InformaCon literacy • IdenCfying common logical errors
• Faulty logic • A`acks • Weak references • MisinformaCon
• GeneraCng conclusions • PresenCng and supporCng claims
Addressing Complex Problems and Issues Sample Resource: Annenberg Learner (formerly Annenberg Media/CPB, now part of the Annenberg FoundaCon) advances excellent teaching by funding and distribuCng mulCmedia educaConal resources—video, print, and web-‐based—to improve teaching methods and subject-‐ma`er experCse (annenbergfoundaCon.org). Implica5ons for My School or Classroom
h`p://newsacCon.Cgweb.org/ www.wiki.newsacCon.Cgweb.org Hosted by Washington InternaConal School (DC) in partnership with regional bureau schools:
Africa Asia and the Pacific Central and South Asia Europe Middle East South America
Complex Problems and Issues
Thinking and InvenCon Projects and Ideas
Resources and Ideas • Problem-‐solving inven5on conven5on
– Students read about famous inventors and how they developed ideas. They also learned how to obtain patents.
– They considered a problem they would like to solve using the scienCfic method.
– They researched whether a market existed.
– If a market existed, they began creaCng a prototype.
– They created the real thing and tested it.
– They showcased the invenCon.
• Project Ci5zen (grades 5–12), civiced.org
• Future Ci5es (middle school): Future
City CompeCCon serves students in grades 6–8. It is sponsored by NaConal Engineers Week.
• Des5na5on Imagina5on (preschool,
elementary, middle, high and post-‐secondary), idodi.org
• Project-‐planning ques5ons – What is the problem?
(Students clearly state it.) – What do we believe (percepCon)? – What do we know (facts)? – What do we want
(desired outcome)? – What do we need to do to get
what we want (acCon steps)? • Indicators of a successful project
– Students demonstrate knowledge about the field.
– Students discuss and reflect on the learning journey.
– Students arCculate learning stretch—intellectual and personal growth.
– Students provide physical evidence of learning by applying knowledge.
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Digital
Media Global
Think about learning opportuniCes that intersect these three.
(Jacobs, 2014)
ConaCve Skills Understanding and Controlling Oneself
Interpreta5on InterpretaCon is basic to all our endeavors, whether as scienCsts or as individuals going about our daily lives. So every Cme we deliberate on events or on our experience, we are interpreCng. InterpretaCon is fundamental, because how things are interpreted determines what acCons we consider.
Ways of Thinking Self-‐efficacy: At its core, self-‐efficacy is an individual’s disposiCon to control his or her life. Marzano, Pickering, & Heflebower (2010) note that self-‐efficacy plays a major role in performance, ciCng the following three points:
1. “The average weighted correlaCon between self-‐efficacy and work-‐related performance … = impressive 28-‐percent gain in task performance.”
2. “Self-‐efficacy has an effect size of .82 relaCve to students’ academic performance.“
3. This translates to an expected 29-‐percen5le point gain. In addiCon, self-‐efficacy includes: • A growth mindset
• Resiliency
• PosiCve possible selves
• OpCmism
Avoiding Nega5ve Thinking NegaCve thinking includes: • EmoConal thinking
• Worry
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ConaCve Skills InteracCng With Others
Perspec5ve Taking This involves understanding how a situaCon appears to other people and the reasons for their cogniCve and emoConal reacCons.
Responsible Communica5on • One should understand how acCons and words either posiCvely or negaCvely affect
another person’s reacCons. • Research and theory on acCve listening is parCcularly relevant to responsible
communicaCon.
Addressing Conflict and Controversy • Controversy is “when one person’s ideas, informaCon, conclusions, theories, and
opinions are incompaCble with those of another and the two seek to reach an agreement” (Johnson & Johnson, 2005).
• Conflict exists when two people try to accomplish incompaCble goals or complete incompaCble acCviCes at the same Cme.
Implica5ons for My Classroom
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A Few Facts About GeneraCon Y GeneraCon Y is the largest consumer and employee group in history. In addiCon, it: • Has been studied and marketed to since infancy • Will dominate the workforce for next 40 years • Is the most cross-‐culture, cross-‐creed, and cross-‐color generaCon in history • Has remarkable longevity (120 years) • Includes new life phases
– Formerly: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age – Now: Childhood, adolescence, odyssey (20s as a Cme for exploraCon),
adulthood, acCve reCrement, old age • In a survey of HR managers at 400 companies: 75 percent said recent college
graduates displayed only “adequate” in the following areas: – Professionalism — Work ethic – CreaCvity — InnovaCon – CriCcal thinking — Problem-‐solving skills
Implica5ons for Teaching Genera5on Y • Teach funcCons rather than tools.
– Think in verbs (presenCng, sharing, and communicaCng) instead of nouns (PowerPoint, YouTube, or Twi`er).
• Revise technology policies so tech can be used as a tool without being a
contraband. – Think of courtesy and appropriateness.
• Develop students through intenConal instrucCon and interacCon. – Use gradual release of responsibility (Duke & Pearson, 2002) – “I do, you watch.” – “You do, I help guide and confer.” – “You do, I watch and assess next steps.”
• Create item banks rather than formal tests solely (Frey, Fisher, & Gonzalez, 2010). – Use banks to provide teachers with opCons: quiz items, unit tests, retests,
and a few proficient quesCons as a review. – Consider public item banks where students can also contribute.
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Six$Types$of$Tasks$That$Employ$Hypotheses$Generation$and$Testing$$$
Systems$Analysis!"""!Students!at!all!grade!levels!study!many!systems!across!the!disciplines!such!as!ecosystems,!anatomical!systems,!systems!of!government,!and!transportation!systems.!One!way!to!enhance!and!use!students’!understanding!of!these!systems!is!to!ask!them!to!generate!hypotheses!that!predict!what!would!happen!if!some!aspect!of!a!system!were!changed.!!!Problem$Solving$"""!By!definition,!problems!involve!obstacles!and!constraints.!While!engaged!in!solving!problems,!students!must!generate!and!test!hypotheses!related!to!the!various!solutions!they!predict!might!work.!For!example,!a!teacher!might!present!students!with!a!task!that!requires!them!to!build!something!(e.g.,!a!model!car,!a!bridge)!under!the!constraint!that!they!are!allowed!to!use!limited!or!specific!materials!only!(e.g.,!balsa!wood,!a!rubber!band,!a!mousetrap).!Using!their!understanding!of!concepts!related!to!the!problem!they!must!consider!different!approaches!to!a!solution!and!then!generate!and!test!their!hypotheses!about!those!solutions.!!Historical$Investigation!"""!Students!are!engaged!in!historical!investigation!when!they!construct!plausible!scenarios!for!events!from!the!past,!about!which!there!is!no!general!agreement.!For!example,!scholars!have!presented!conflicting!versions!of!Roosevelt’s!role!in!the!events!that!led!up!to!the!bombing!of!Pearl!Harbor.!To!engage!in!historical!investigation,!students!need!to!use!their!understanding!of!the!situation!to!generate!a!hypothetical!scenario.!To!test!this!hypothesis,!each!student!must!then!seek!out!and!analyze!as!much!information!as!possible!to!determine!if!the!hypothesis!is!supported!by!the!evidence.!!Investigation!"""!Another!task!that!requires!students!to!generate!and!test!hypotheses!is!the!process!of!invention.!For!example,!students!might!use!their!understanding!of!the!principles!of!the!cardiovascular!and!muscular!system!to!invent!a!new!form!of!exercise.!To!do!this,!they!must!hypothesize!what!might!work,!develop!the!idea,!and!then!conduct!tests!to!determine!if!their!idea!does,!in!fact,!work.!Invention!often!demands!generating!and!testing!multiple!hypotheses,!until!one!of!them!proves!effective.!!!Experimental$Inquiry!"""!We!most!commonly!associate!the!process!of!experimental!inquiry!with!generating!and!testing!hypotheses!in!science.!But!teachers!can!use!experimental!inquiry!across!the!disciplines!to!guide!students!in!applying!their!understanding!of!important!content.!For!example,!based!on!their!understanding!of!how!literary!devices!in!literature!have!influenced!readers,!students!might!hypothesize!the!effects!of!using!specific!literary!devices!in!their!own!writing.!!DecisionBmaking!"""!Although!we!might!not!associate!decision!with!generating!and!testing!hypotheses,!using!a!structured!decision"making!framework!can!help!students!examine!hypothetical!situations,!especially!those!requiring!them!to!select!what!has!the!most!or!least!of!something!or!what!is!the!best!or!worst!example!of!something.!For!example,!if!students!were!asked!to!predict!who!is!the!most!influential!musical!group!or!visual!artist!of!the!last!decade,!many!students!would!quickly!offer!a!prediction.!If!they!were!then!asked!to!test!this!hypothesis!by!using!a!structured!decision"making!framework,!the!result!might!be!different!from!what!they!predicted.!Further,!using!a!decision"making!process!to!test!their!prediction!requires!them!to!reflect!on!and!use!a!broad!range!of!knowledge!related!to!the!topic.!!!!
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Assessing!the!Intangibles!
• Instruc<on!in!21st!century!skills!without!feedback!can!be!concerning.!!• Without!assessments!to!accompany!instruc<on,!students!receive!ligle!if!any!concrete!
feedback!regarding!their!progress.!!• Feedback!is!a!vital!component!of!the!learning!process.!!
How&Can&I&Use&These&in&My&Content&Area?&!• Obtrusive!assessments!
• Unobtrusive!assessments!
• StudentPgenerated!assessments!!!!!
Student2Generated&Assessments&Consider!the!comprehensiveness!of!an!assessment!system.!Reconsider!the!simple!types!of!assessments!we!have!relied!upon.!Instead,!think!about!student2generated&assessments&using!products!and!performances!employed!by!contemporary!professionals:!• Films!• Podcasts!• Quarterly!reports!• Interac<ve!videoconferences!• Digital!music!composi<ons!• Websites!• Online!journals!• Playlists!that!depict!major!themes!of!a!story!
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MulC-‐tasking
Key Concepts
• Focus – MulCtasking: Is it fact or ficCon? – Focus provides clear goals with immediate feedback. – It offers frequent opportuniCes for making decisions. – AcCon and awareness merge. – Irrelevant sCmuli disappear. – We feel in control. – There is a sense of growth—larger than oneself. – Time is perceived to pass more quickly. – AcCvity is worth doing for its own sake.
• Divergent and convergent thinking
– Brainstorming – Logically considering brainstorming
• A strategy for addressing problems in life
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• Dux, Ivanoff, Asplund, and Marois (2006) found that delays in task switching are due to our inability to make two decisions at once, resulCng in a “response selecCon bo`leneck.”
• When the brain is forced to respond to mulCple sCmuli at once, it needs extra Cme too decide which task to perform first, so tasks end up taking longer than normal.
• Ophir, Nass, and Wagner (2009) found that people who did not mulCtask on a regular basis were be`er at filtering out distracCons, holding informaCon in working memory, and switching back and forth between tasks compared to people who mulCtasked oUen. They concluded that constant mulCtasking behavior actually impairs one’s ability to concentrate, focus, and deal with distracCons.
(More research examples are on pp. 17–18 of Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills.)
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