article thumbnail

Will Existing Mental Models Threaten Post-pandemic Progress in Education?

Catlin Tucker

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. The Power of Mental Models. Teacher training programs likely reinforced those mental models.

article thumbnail

#ICE18: Robert Dillon Explains the Pillars of Technology Integration

EdTech Magazine

We've got to change that mental model. CDW Activity ID. EDTECH: What do you see as the biggest challenge schools have in implementing modern learning environments? DILLON: If you ask anyone over the age of 30 to draw a classroom, we know what they would draw: desks in rows. Content Subtype. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

We will be talking continuously with each other throughout the workshop, so questions will be actively solicited throughout rather than waiting until the end and letting just a few folks ask questions. In short, we will redesign one or two lessons from elsewhere to make them richer and more robust. | 10 minutes – We will take a break!

article thumbnail

The Importance of Math Manipulatives: A Math Playground

Lab to Class

The researchers found that the style of drawing and mental model used to solve the problem was highly predictive of whether the student was able to find the faster way to solve the problem or not.

Math 52
article thumbnail

Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Yet, according to Gallup polling of students , more high school students are actively disengaged in school than are engaged. He offered a different mental model through a new metaphor. We have achieved near-universal basic literacy. Nearly nine out of ten students graduate high school.