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Cognitive Facets for learning technical materials

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Do you sometimes feel that you do not belong in this program, or some of its courses? The instructors assure you that you do belong! To help combat that sense of imposter syndrome that you might be feeling, let's explore the notion that your cognitive styles of learning are similar to your peers' learning styles. You may already know that OSU and other universities have studied course materials and technical tools to make improvements that level the playing field amongst you and your peers. Programs such as Cognitive Style Heuristics and GenderMag/InclusiveMag study differences in how people problem-solve while learning new technical skills. The projects' core methods of finding bias bugs in software and materials is to apply personas that represent different sets of cognitive facets. Explore the Facets and Personas by clicking on the tabs at the top, then analyze which persona fits you best, by taking the Survey. Your selection data will disappear after refreshing the page, or closing the browser. It will not be saved and collected.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Data Set, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Authors: Anita Sarma, Justin Dickerson, Lara Letaw, Margarett Burnett, Pam Van Londen

Ingrid Scheel's Video: How To Teach Cognitive Styles as an Icebreaker (with Slider)

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Example of how to introduce cognitive styles to students, student teams, or any group. Cognitive styles = cognitive differences influencing how people prefer to interact with technology. Applicable and adaptable to engineering, computing, technology, computer science, college-level, high school, and corporate teams. Icebreaker. Diversity awareness. Theory of Mind. Meta-cognition.

Material Type: Lecture, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Ingrid Scheel