Like Driving a Car

Like Driving a Car

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To learn to drive, you require many component skills, including knowing where the gas and brake pedals are and when to use them, how to steer, when and how to use your mirrors, all while following the rules of the road.

Experienced drivers find it very difficult to think of each component separately, not as a whole. They drive with a level of automaticity, knowing their reflexes will apply each component as needed.

Learning the component skills to achieve mastery is crucial in any classroom discipline. For example, in economics, physics, or chemistry, the application of a formula can be more easily learned if simple calculations like addition and multiplication have first been mastered so that no cognitive overload occurs. Having the component skills in place allows the learner to focus on the larger conceptual problem.

What concept in your discipline is like driving a car? Can you identify the component skills required to master this concept or skill?

This activity is part of the Mastery section of the Teacher for Learning Module.

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    by Isaac Kimunio (@Dr. Isaac Kimunio)

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    by Pamela LeBrun (@PamLeBrun)

    Excel formulas and functions, need I say more? Take a look at my strategy for teaching these challenging Excel tools.

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    by Michelle Laurence (@Michelle Laurence)

    The expertise need to drive a car is the tip of the iceberg with regard to the skills needed. So why not mash-up the metaphors? In kinesiology, preparing an exercise prescription is the tip of the iceberg. The FITT principle makes it look even more simple, especially as an expert – you just roll out more… »

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    When working with faculty to develop online courses some key considerations we work through with them are: Developing an online presence. We know from the Community of Inquiry framework (University of Toronto) there are 3 types of presence; teaching, social and cognitive and it is important to build in activities and opportunities to allow each more… »

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    by Lori Hallahan (@lhallahan)

    Please see the attached Like Driving a Car activity.

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