Teaching in Higher Ed

Developing metacognition skills in our students

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Todd Zakrajsek speaks about developing metacognition skills in our students.

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Todd Zakrajsek, Ph.D.

Todd speaks at TEDxUNC

Metacognition
  • Todd’s two unusually low grades in college
  • Our brain as a smart phone
  • Working out our brains
  • Multitasking
  • Music, sleep, and exercise
    • Defining terms
    Tools
    • Asleep app on iOS
    • Android white noise app
    • Logitech wireless presenter

      • Help students draw less cognitive energy on exams by giving them a preview of what it will be like to take a test in your class

      Anytime you’re surprised, stop and think about why you were surprised and what just happened.

      Next steps
      • Attend one of the Lilly Conferences
      • Read one of Todd’s books
        • The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
        • Learner-centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning into Practice
        • Todd agrees to come back to Teaching in Higher Ed later this year to share about his new book: Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Education Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success
          • Recommendations
          Bonni recommends:
          • Dropbox’s new commenting feature
            • Todd recommends:
            • f.lux
            • Forest app

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