Metacognition and the Development of Reflective, Self-directed Learners
April 2, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106 Events Room
Presented by:
Dr. Rochelle E. Tractenberg
Director, Collaborative for Research in Outcomes and Metrics
Professor, Departments of Neurology; Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics; and Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University
Dr. Tractenberg will discuss metacognition as a learnable, improvable skill set to stregthen teaching and assessment. A focus on cognitive psychological principles and leveraging ideas from cognitive science and educational psychology, educators can develop, evaluate and revise teaching and learning opportunities by:
- incorporating reflection and metacognition
- defining the learning enterprise as a joint effort by instructor and learner
- orienting the learner along a path of growth and development
- strengthening teaching and assessment across disciplines and for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate/professional contexts
Bring a colleague and join us for a very special event!
Register Online: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/events.html
Event Sponsor
Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), Mānoa Campus
More Information
(808) 956-6978, cte@hawaii.edu, http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/events.html