PyCon Toronto 2013: EduPsych Theory for Python Hackers 2.0

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edupsych theoryedupsych theory
for python hackersfor python hackers
v.2.0v.2.0
(mel chua, pycon toronto 2013)(mel chua, py...

MEL CHUA
academic
hacker
academic

WAT

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3 big ideas
1. learning is designable like code
2. our brains are snowflakes
3. we do not function standalone

1Design your learning
the same way
you design your code
Design your learning
the same way
you design your code

think-pair-share

Which comes first?
A. (vague) specification
B. (occasionally-functional) prototype
C. (rough) test(s)

Example: test-driven development
def factorial(n):
"""Return the factorial of n, an exact integer >= 0.
>>> [factorial(n) ...

Example: test-driven development
def factorial(n):
"""Return the factorial of n, an exact integer >= 0.
>>> [factorial(n) ...

Example: test-driven development
def learn_tdd(student):
"""Students should be able to analyze the relationship between
a ...

Example: test-driven development
def learn_tdd(student):
"""Students should be able to analyze the relationship between
a ...

dependency:
articulate clear
and assessible goals

Example: test-driven development
def curriculum(student):
"""Students should be able to analyze the relationship between
a...

Bloom's Taxonomy
Cognitive Affective
create
evaluate
analyze
apply
understand
remember
characterize
organize
value
respond...

Example: test-driven development
def curriculum(student):
"""Students should be able to analyze the relationship between
a...

bostonpythonworkshop.com

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assessmentassessment
Formative: cookingFormative: cooking
Summative: s...

bit.ly/pycon-eduhistorybit.ly/pycon-eduhistory

Cognitive

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3 big ideas
1. learning is designable like code
2. our brains are snowflakes
3. we do not function standalone

2
Our brains are
like snowflakes.
Everyone learns
differently.

think-pair-share

ACTIVE
SENSING
VISUAL
SEQUENTIAL
REFLECTIVE
INTUITIVE
VERBAL
GLOBAL

ACTIVE: Let's try it out!ACTIVE: Let's try it out!
REFLECTIVE: Let's think it through!REFLECTIVE: Let's think it through!

Example: test-driven development
def factorial(n):
"""Return the factorial of n, an exact integer >= 0.
>>> [factorial(n) ...

This sucks.This sucks.
This sucks.This sucks.

ACTIVE: explainey-groups!ACTIVE: explainey-groups!
REFLECTIVE: claim your pauses.REFLECTIVE: claim your pauses.

think-pair-share

ACTIVE
SENSING
VISUAL
SEQUENTIAL
REFLECTIVE
INTUITIVE
VERBAL
GLOBAL

SENSING
INTUITIVE

(details)
(concepts)

(established methods)
(new shiny techniques)

(speed up)
(slow down)

How does this connect
with the world I know?
How can this
abstract more generally?

think-pair-share

ACTIVE
SENSING
VISUAL
SEQUENTIAL
REFLECTIVE
INTUITIVE
VERBAL
GLOBAL

bit.ly/pycon-eduhistorybit.ly/pycon-eduhistory
VISUALVISUAL

bit.ly/pycon-eduparadigmsbit.ly/pycon-eduparadigms
VERBALVERBAL

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environments matterenvironments matter

think-pair-share

ACTIVE
SENSING
VISUAL
SEQUENTIAL
REFLECTIVE
INTUITIVE
VERBAL
GLOBAL

newcoder.io/dataviz

learnpythonthehardway.org/book

think-pair-share

ACTIVE
SENSING
VISUAL
SEQUENTIAL
REFLECTIVE
INTUITIVE
VERBAL
GLOBAL

We teach the way we learn.
more: bit.ly/hackerschool-learningstylestories
(Felder & Silverman)

the world is socially constructed

the world is socially constructed
(of course it is)

Watch those assumptions.
If it's hard, something's wrong with me

Watch those assumptions.
If it's hard, something's wrong with the
learning strategy I'm using
(I can fix that!)

Motivation

Motivation (Deci, Ryan)
1. amotivation
2. external regulation
3. identified regulation
4. intrinsic motivation
autonomy
re...

Attribution theory (Dweck)
Fixed vs Growth mindsets
aka
Nature vs Nurture

Self-efficacy (Bandura)
1. doing it
2. seeing people (like me) do it
3. social persuasion
4. your own body
(Bandura also d...

Learning Over Time (Fullan)

Piaget In One Slide
assimilation: adding another module
accommodation: REFACTOR EVERYTHING

assimilation
------------accommodation------------------------------------------------
assimilation

Situative

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3 big ideas
1. learning is designable like code
2. our brains are snowflakes
3. we do not function standalone

3
We do not learn
standalone.
Importing is
important.

WARNING:
POLYSYLLABIC
WORDS
IMMINENT

accidental learning in cognitive
apprenticeships within authentic
communities of practice with
metacognition models and
fo...

Accidental
learning.

Cognitive apprenticeship.
modelmodel
coachcoach
scaffoldscaffold
fadefade bit.ly/pycon-cogapp

Dreyfus Model of Skill
Acquisition
expert
proficient
competent
advanced beginner
novice

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context?context?

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context!context!

clarityclarity constraintconstraint
freedomfreedom frustrationfrustration
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Community of practice.Community of practice.
domaindomain
communitycommunity
practicepractice

In a cognitive apprenticeship within a
community of practice...
zone of proximal development
legitimate peripheral partici...

Zone of proximal development:
learning to bike
1. watching
2. somebody pushes you
3. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Zone of proximal development:
learning to program
1. watching
2. somebody pushes you
3. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Zone of proximal development:
learning to program
1. watching
2. pair programming, code review, etc...
3. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee...

MYTHS:
not skilled enoughnot skilled enough
not technical enoughnot technical enough
(perhaps later but surely not now)(pe...

Legitimate Peripheral
Participation Task Criteria
1. mission critical
3. nobody really cares

Legitimate Peripheral
Participation Task Criteria
1. mission critical
2. we have no time
3. nobody really cares

accidental learning in cognitive
apprenticeships within authentic
communities of practice with
metacognition models and
fo...

Why? Because this.

''...thefirst steps on this journey do not feel like progress....thefirst steps onthis journey do not feel like progress. ...

'...confirmation and community are prerequisites rather than'...confirmation and community are prerequisites rather than
c...

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1. learning is designable like code
2. our brains are snowflakes
3. we do not function standalone
3 big ideas

1. learning is designable like code
2. our brains are snowflakes
3. we do not function standalone
process
empathy
vocabula...

that's all, folks. questions?that's all, folks. questions?
this talkthis talk
myworkmywork
bit.ly/pycon-toronto-edupsychbi...

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