Today's class will discuss learning styles.

(20 minutes)

The person on call for this week will share their section experience. Some questions include:

• What did you do?
• How did you implement your activities?
• What worked?
• What didn't work?
• What would you do differently?
• How did you assess learning?
• Did you receive any unexpected questions/reactions/etc.?
• Did anything unexpected happen?
• What were you thinking about while you were running section? Any moments of panic?

Hat problem? (15 minutes)

Reflect on process that everyone went through to solve the problem (5 minutes in groups)

Reflect as a class, discuss difference between us and students (10 minutes)

Students organize knowledge in different ways, how do we think that students at the 7a and C10 level learn? Compile list on board.

Instructors tie that in to pedagogy stuff on learning styles, have class reflect on last week's discussion about incorporating prior knowledge, etc.

What can we do to assist their learning and developing of critical thinking skills?

Complete the Learning Styles Inventory (5 minutes, 10 discuss) http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm

Give some examples of activities that are good for one type of learning but not others (e.g., graphs, mathematics, etc.

Come up with an activity (the death of stars) appealing to visual/audatory/kinesthetic styles (1/group)– 15 minutes to discuss, 15 to present.