Learning To Learn: 7 Dimensions Of Effective Learning by Guy Claxton

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/learning-to-learn-7-dimensions-of-effective-learning/

I read an article called "Learning To Learn: 7 Dimensions Of Effective Learning"  by an education professor at Bristol University.  All seven dimensions focus on engaged learned rather than passive learning.  I teach seniors and I feel that many of them are passive learners.  They just want me to give them the information so they can spit it back out to me on the test, and then they brain dump.  The seven dimensions are as listed below:

FROM –> TO

Stick & Static –> Changing & Learning

Data Accumulation –> Meaning Making

Passivity –> Critical Curiosity

Being Rule-Bound –> Creativity

Isolation & Dependence –> Learning Relationships

Being Robotic –> Strategic Awareness

Fragility & Dependence –> Resilience

One reason I am looking forward to starting the curriculum cycle next year is that we can develop summative assessments they do more than just ask students fact based questions.  We can create assessments that require higher level thinking so that students can hopefully become more engaged in their learning.