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A New Way of Thinking About Teaching and Learning 7
4MAT is a method for helping all learners be successful. It offers teachers a way reach all the types of learners. If offers learners insight into their personal approaches to learning.
Applications of 4MAT: Algebra, Biology, Geometry, Middle School Literature and the Constitution. 4MATION is a revolutionary web-based software tool for creating 4MAT instruction for your learners. http://www.aboutlearning.com/
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Perceiving
HOW WE PERCEIVE The 4MAT® Model explains learning in terms of the ways people perceive and process information. Perceiving Human perception–the ways people take in new information–occurs in an infinite variety of ways, all of which range between experience and conceptualization. Experience–Perception by personal engagement–sensations, emotions, physical memories; the immediate; the self. Being in it.
apart from it.
Conceptualization–The translation of experience in conceptual forms–ideas, language, hierarchies, naming systems. An abstract approach to learning. Being
The interplay between the “feeling” of experience and the “thinking” of conceptualization is crucial to the learning process. It connects the personal values and perceptions of students to those of expert learners.
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Processing
HOW WE PROCESS
Human processing–what people do with new information–occurs in an infinite variety of ways, all of which range between reflection and action.
Reflection–Transforming knowledge by structuring, ordering, intellectualizing. Action–Applying ideas to the external world; testing, doing, manipulating. The interplay between the “watching” of reflection and the “doing” of action is crucial as it provides the impetus for acting on internal ideas. It encourages the learner to test ideas in the real world and adapt what they learn to multiple and ambiguous situations.
Type Four
Type One
Dynamic Learning–Doing and feeling. Seeking hidden possibilities, exploring, learning by trial and error, self-discovery.
Imaginative Learning–Feelin g and watching, seeking personal associations, meaning, involvement.
Creating original
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adaptations. Key question: If?
Type Three Common Sense Learning–Thinking and doing. Experimenting, building, creating usability. Tinkering. Applying ideas. Key question: How?
connections. Key question: Why?
T y p e T w o A n a l y t i c L e a r n i n g – L i s t e n i n g t o a n 7
d t h i n k i n g a b o u t i n f o r m a t i o n ; s e e k i n g f a c t s , t h i n k 7
i n g t h r o u g h i d e a s ; l e a r n i n g w h a t t h e e x p e r t s t h i n k . 7
F o r m u l a t i n g i d e a s . K e y q u e s t i o n : W h a t ? Learning Styles
Together, perceiving and processing describe the whole range of the learning experience. While all learners engage in all types of learning, most seem to favor one particular type…
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4MAT offers specific guidance for any teacher to teach anything in a way that will appeal to all types of learners.
4MAT & Assessment
4MAT offers teachers and trainers a guide for assessing learner growth through the course of a lesson.
Este test también contempla la parte de hemisfericidad: Right & Left Brain / Right and Left Mode Processing 7
We know, too, that learning entails interaction between the right and left brain. Left – Operates best through structure, sequence. Prefers language, is sequential, examines the elements, has number sense. Works to analyze or break down information.
Right – Operates out of being, comprehends images, seeks patterns, creates metaphors, is simultaneous. Strives to synthesize, consolidate information. The interplay between right and left is crucial to higher learning and thinking. It provides a greater range and depth of understanding and encourages creative expression and problem solving.
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