Worlds_School_Systems_Final.pdf. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. 1Learning: From Speculation to Science The essence of matter, the origins of the universe, the nature of the human mind—these are the profound questions that have engaged thinkers through the centuries.
Until quite recently, understanding the mind—and the thinking and learning that the mind makes possible—has remained an elusive quest, in part because of a lack of powerful research tools.
Writing Multiple-Choice Questions for Higher-level Thinking by Mike Dickinson. “Your best intentions notwithstanding, you don’t really know how well a question is going to perform until you have data to analyze after learners have taken the test.”
We eLearning developers are used to the question, “Which is better, eLearning or classroom instruction?” The answer is, “It depends.” It’s the same answer if one asks, “Which are better, multiple-choice or essay questions?” Either question type is useful for assessing a variety of levels of thinking, depending on how well the designer crafts the questions. Learning Solutions Magazine: Home. The Threshold Concept.