Module:

How People Learn: Presenting the Learning Theory and Inquiry Cycle on Which the IRIS Modules Are Built

Assessment

1. Discuss the elements that learner-centered instruction should contain.
2. Design a learner-centered activity for a course you are currently teaching.
3. Discuss the elements that knowledge-centered instruction should contain.
4. Design a knowledge-centered activity for a course you are currently teaching.
5. What are the two types of assessment that should be included in assessment-centered instruction, and how are they different?
6. Pick an assessment that you have used in a past course. Redesign it using the assessment-centered elements that you learned about in this module.
7. Why is community centeredness important to student learning?
8. What types of community-centered activities have you used in the past? What made them community-centered?
9. When, how, and by what means can you evaluate your own instruction? In addition, can you determine whether your students have become self-evaluative? Once you have assessed their skills in this way, how can you use that information to further enhance their learning? Explain your answer.