Recognition Networks - Real World Applications

Universal to Personal - A Musical Example

In this video, Dr. David Rose provides an wonderful example of how and why it's important to provide information to learners using multiple representations. This strategy not only supports struggling learners, it also helps experts experience new understandings (4:30). 

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Activities to Support Learning of New Concepts

Attending to the Recognition Networks helps students to make sense of new information in a meaningful way. 

Please view the Faculty Interview video with Dr. Jo Yudess to see how she supports her students' learning (3:58). 

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Student Notetaking as a Resource

This video provides another great example from Dr. David Rose. In this clip, he shows how students can contribute to provide multiple representations of course concepts (3:26). 

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Supporting Comprehension

Please review the faculty interview video with Dr. R. Bruce Baum for some advice on supporting student understanding of course concepts (1:57). One way to support our learners' Recognition Networks is to present information in different ways. If we think about the brain networks, the more ways that learners can review content: text, verbal, images, the easier it will be for them to remember and understand it.  Stay tuned in until the end for a surprise!

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