After reading Jennifer's post, I took another look at the Outcomes of Understanding and marked the ones I felt I was experiencing while reading the chapter. While I think I experienced all the ones that Jennifer mentioned, I also marked "confidence" and "a desire to advocate" and "a sense of cause and effect." To start to answer Jennifer's question about do certain learning styles result in certain outcomes above others, I would say yes. Whenever I learn something new, my immediate reaction is to tell someone about it, to talk about it, to share it in some way. I think this is why I marked "confidence" - and I think I would probably mark that no matter what the subject matter. I think that is just how I learn. As for the "sense of cause of effect" outcome, it's an odd thing that I do when I read, but I ALWAYS notice cause and effect. I did here in this chapter, too, because I remember thinking, "Oh, I get it. If you TELL the students these outcomes exist and talk about them, THEN they will start to do them!" Cause and effect, right? But, again, this must just be part of my learning style because I notice myself thinking like that all the time. I'm curious to hear if everyone else thinks maybe Jennifer is correct about the correlation between learning style and outcome. And would Ellin argue that the goal is for EVERY learner to experience all the outcomes at certain times if they are truly understanding, regardless of learning style?
As far as the dimensions.... yes, Jennifer, I notice all of these happening as I read this book. And I noticed them after attending a wonderful workshop on Friday with Nancy Atwell - and because of Ellin's book, I knew I was UNDERSTANDING. Interestingly, I was also thinking about the lack of these dimensions showing when I'm not understanding. I just finished a School Law class and throughout it, there was no fervency (is that a word?), no dwelling, no emotional connections. Quite the opposite of what has happened in all of my other classes. But is it because I didn't understand? Or is it because I didn't care? Or are those two one and the same? Thanks for your post, Jennifer... very thought provoking! Dana Williams Anyway-- I would be interested in hearing whether or not listserv members are getting different outcomes of understanding and seeing if we can get at whether or not it is strategies or learning styles or background knowledge that might trigger different outcomes of understanding in different people. As for 2.2b...what happens in our lives... I was wondering if anyone else seems to be finding that so many of these are in play right now for you as you are reading posts on this listserv and revisiting this chapter. Jennifer **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
