CS301 Class #10 Spring 2002
April 5, 2002

The Value of Wrong Answers

Dan Garcia <ddgarcia@cs>
Christopher Hirsch <chirsch@uclink4>

Class outline

• Welcome (+ handouts)
• Guest speaker:
  • Michael Clancy <clancy@cs.berkeley.edu>
  • Path Analysis for Learning
• Let's Discuss(tm)
• Break
• HowDidItGo(tm)
• Homework:
  • Learner-Centered Education essays
  • Watching Yourself on Videotape (Section 42, Tools for Teaching)
  • Journal topics:
    • What kinds of actions do you take to acquire new information and skills when you are trying to learn something new?
      • e.g. Do you rewrite lecture notes by hand?
      • Do you teach the material to someone else?
      • Do you ask someone to read the information aloud to you (learn by hearing)?
      • Do you like to build a project to solidify the knowledge you learned?
      • Do you draw pictures and categorize what you learned?
    • What was your most rewarding learning experience?