using curriculum mapping
DESCRIPTION
WCET Annual Meeting PresentationTRANSCRIPT
USING CURRICULUM MAPPING TO IMPROVE LEARNING
WCET 2 0 1 2 • San Antonio, Texas
IntroductionsGroup discussion
Mapping for Student SuccessWhat’s Wrong With This Picture?
Our Agenda
You have been asked to work with a team at your institution to develop a curriculum map for the required general education core curriculum. What are some key characteristics you would want to see included in the curriculum map and why are they important?
Mapping For Student Success
Designing with students in mind
• First, think about how the map will be used– communicate– guide– preview
• Items to consider– level of detail– coordinated message
• And, don’t forget– planning – systematic process– a community effort
A special use: Advance Organizer
• David Ausubel (1968) characterized advance organizers as a cognitive strategy to help students learn and retain new information.
• Advance organizers* – Organizational cues– Tools to help connect unknown information
to known information– Frameworks to help students
understand what they will be learning
*http: www.netnet.org/instructors/design/goalsobjectives/advance.htm
Advance Organizer, Student Learning Outcomes, & Curriculum Maps
• Provide curriculum map to students with syllabus• Map should clearly demonstrate relationships
– assignments to specific learning outcomes/goals– among learning outcomes– among assignments
• Reinforce– refer back to curriculum map
• when new learning outcomes are being addressed• when new topics are introduced• during reviews• when making/explaining assignments• include references with feedback
scaffolding
EXERCISE
What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Note to self:
1. Be sure to ask
about……