
Neuroteach Global Track 3
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Course
Level
Foundational
Format
Online
Duration
8 hours
Description
The three Neuroteach Global micro-courses included in Track 3 are Learning Made Memorable, The Engaged Brain, and Feedback Loops. By completing these three micro-courses, learners are prepared to:
• Identify strategies to create usable, flexible and durable knowledge
• Design assignments with elements of retrieval practice, spaced practice and interleaving
• Use formative assessments to gain insight into students’ knowledge and aptitude
• Maintain awareness of cognitive load and the limitations of active working memory in lesson and unit planning
• Design classes to incentivize thinking hard
• Use multiple modalities for teaching and assessment
• Apply novelty, relevance, and choice to increase student engagement
• Explain the benefit of struggling during the learning process, and design lessons where students make and learn from mistakes
• Articulate the difference between formative assessment and summative assessment
• Be able to give high-quality feedback
• Design opportunities for students to act on feedback soon after receiving it
• Understand the differences between feedback given at the start of the year versus the end of the year