To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Helena Dettmer, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum and the Humanities
RE: Cognition for the Classroom: Workshop
Cognition for the Classroom: Workshop
We hope you are able to attend the presentation below since this crucial information about how students learn can help to inform best pedagogical practices, a timely topic for the start of the semester.
The event is sponsored by the Center for Teaching and the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology.
Cognition for the Classroom
“What is the best way to learn? Workshop participants will discuss cognitive principles that instructors can use to facilitate learning, including memory fundamentals and metacognitive reflection, and implementation of cognitive practices into assignments and assessments.”
Guest speaker: Shaun Vecera, Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Thursday, September 5, 2019
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., University Capitol Centre (UCC) Room 2520D