Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
FNDC-0003
Organization:
Foundry College
Location:
Online
Length:
15 weeks (45 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 critical thinking and decision-making
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to learn fundamental principles of how humans learn, which will allow the student to devise strategies to learn effectively at work.

Learning Outcomes:

  • focus on information to help understand and remember it
  • use feedback effectively when learning new material
  • use pictures and words in useful combinations
  • organize material in ways that help them learn
  • associate new material to what they already know to help later recall
  • use mnemonic "memory tricks" to enhance learning

General Topics:

  • Preparing to learn
  • Organizing the task
  • Structure using associations
  • Foundational learning
  • Chunking
  • Appropriate examples
  • Principles, not rote
  • Think it through
  • Deep processing
  • Deliberate practice
  • Desirable difficulty
  • Generation effect
  • Interleaving
  • Dual codes
  • Emotion
  • Create rich retrieval cues
  • Use stories to integrate information
  • Use spaced practice
  • Vary the context
  • Mnemonics
  • Studying
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Other
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Quizzes
  • Examinations (multiple attempts allowed)

Minimum Passing Score:

100%
Supplemental Materials

Other offerings from Foundry College

Clear Communication
(FNDC-0001)
Critical Analyses
(FNDC-0002)
Managing Yourself at Work
(FNDC-0004)
Practical Problem Solving
(FNDC-0005)
Working with Others
(FNDC-0006)
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