Higher Order Thinking Skills in Vocational Education

PIDP 3100 – Assignment 4: Reflection 3 Objective My third reflective writing assignment will be on Jill Bolte Taylor’s quote, “we may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think” (Taylor, 2009, p. 17). Here, Taylor is concluding that thinking, a function of the neocortex, is the last…

PID 3100 – Assignment 2: Post #2 – Implications In my previous post I introduced you to the two trends in adult education I’ll be writing on. I’d like to first focus on the Implications of Technology use in Adult Education. From the Instructor Technology use by the Instructor has increased dramatically. Instead of seeking guidance…

PID 3100 – Assignment 4: Reflection 1 has us reflecting on quotes out of Merriam & Bierema’s Adult Learning – Linking Theory and Practice textbook. I chose my first reflective writing assignment to be on Rogers’ quote: “an educated person is one who has learned how to learn…how to adapt and change.” (p.31) Below is…

PID 3100 – Assignment 4: Reflection 2 has us reflecting on quotes out of Merriam & Bierema’s Adult Learning – Linking Theory and Practice textbook. I chose my second reflective writing assignment to be on Merriam & Bierema’s quote : “learning from one’s experience involves not just reflection, but critical reflection” (p. 117) Below is the full text…

Introduction This report on cognitive science to enhance instruction will focus on Rohrer, Dedrick, & Burgess‘s 2014 study, “The benefit of interleaved mathematics practice is not limited to superficially similar kinds of problems”. Traditionally, when teaching a subject, the subject is broken into small blocks. We instruct students to master solving problems in each smaller…

PID 3100 – Assignment 2 has us reflecting on trends in Adult Education. My learning partner has chosen to write on the topic of Adult Education in a Technological Society. This is a broad subject, so she is specifically focusing on the Use of Technology in Adult Education. Below is a link to the article she is…