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Pedagogy.js

Martha Schumann
Martha Schumann

This document discusses strategies for teaching JavaScript to beginners. It recommends motivating students and building their confidence by emphasizing that intelligence is not fixed and can grow through effort. It suggests taking a mastery approach, starting with basic skills and gradually increasing complexity through practice and integrating skills. The document outlines four stages of mastery: acquiring skills, practicing integration, knowing when to apply skills, and achieving mastery. It also discusses using elaborative interrogation, analogies, and focusing on both declarative and procedural knowledge.

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pedagogy.js how to teach JavaScript to a beginner @marthakelly
About Me Martha Girdler Martha Schumann @marthakelly Software Engineer, Uber Were Hiring!! uber.com/careers
Why Teach/Mentor at all? Selflessly Give back Diversity Selfishly Mastery Networking
Why Teach JS? Client Server Unity (Game Dev) Mobile Web Dev JS -> Native App (so many more Im forgetting)
Resources Improving Academic Performance Impact of Psychological Factors on Education (Educational Psychology) How Learning Works Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
The Nature of Learning Motivation The Nature of Intelligence Stereotype Threat Mastery
Motivation The Single Largest Factor in a Students Success View of Intelligence View of Failure
The Successful Student Eagerness Love of challenge Ability to persist in difficulty Children become what they think they are Beliefs can be changed!
Stereotype Threat Suppressing Minority Achievement Psychological Cant escape Stereotypes
Combating Stereotype Threat High Expectations Create Trust New view of Failure New view of Intelligence
Intelligence is not Fixed Darwin Tolstoy William James Mozart Michael Jordan
Self Efficacy & Mastery I can do this! I cant do this! Mastery experiences === Confidence
Mastery stage 1: acquire component skills stage 2: practice integrating skills stage 3: know when to apply skills stage 4: mastery
Mastery stage 1: acquire component skills drill in basics why how JS works in the browser how a webpage is rendered how scripts are loaded
Mastery stage 2: acquire component skills drill in basics debugger variables, strings, numbers arrays (setting, getting) objects (setting, getting)
Mastery stage 2: practice integrating skills drill in basics logic SCOPING (tricksy)
Mastery stage 2: practice integrating skills drill in basics writing their first program small, well defined tasks KOANS jQuery
Achieving Mastery Appropriate level of challenge Build on previous learnings Healthy Failure Hard Work + Persistence
Teaching Strategy Elaborative Interrogation ask why? Analogies give many diverse analogies contrasting analogies make connections to their world
Declarative vs Procedural Declarative what facts Procedural how when to apply
Review of Success Strongly Motivated Confident Demonstrate Procedural Knowledge Can learn independently
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Pedagogy.js

  • 1. pedagogy.js how to teach JavaScript to a beginner @marthakelly
  • 2. About Me Martha Girdler Martha Schumann @marthakelly Software Engineer, Uber Were Hiring!! uber.com/careers
  • 3. Why Teach/Mentor at all? Selflessly Give back Diversity Selfishly Mastery Networking
  • 4. Why Teach JS? Client Server Unity (Game Dev) Mobile Web Dev JS -> Native App (so many more Im forgetting)
  • 5. Resources Improving Academic Performance Impact of Psychological Factors on Education (Educational Psychology) How Learning Works Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
  • 6. The Nature of Learning Motivation The Nature of Intelligence Stereotype Threat Mastery
  • 7. Motivation The Single Largest Factor in a Students Success View of Intelligence View of Failure
  • 8. The Successful Student Eagerness Love of challenge Ability to persist in difficulty Children become what they think they are Beliefs can be changed!
  • 9. Stereotype Threat Suppressing Minority Achievement Psychological Cant escape Stereotypes
  • 10. Combating Stereotype Threat High Expectations Create Trust New view of Failure New view of Intelligence
  • 11. Intelligence is not Fixed Darwin Tolstoy William James Mozart Michael Jordan
  • 12. Self Efficacy & Mastery I can do this! I cant do this! Mastery experiences === Confidence
  • 13. Mastery stage 1: acquire component skills stage 2: practice integrating skills stage 3: know when to apply skills stage 4: mastery
  • 14. Mastery stage 1: acquire component skills drill in basics why how JS works in the browser how a webpage is rendered how scripts are loaded
  • 15. Mastery stage 2: acquire component skills drill in basics debugger variables, strings, numbers arrays (setting, getting) objects (setting, getting)
  • 16. Mastery stage 2: practice integrating skills drill in basics logic SCOPING (tricksy)
  • 17. Mastery stage 2: practice integrating skills drill in basics writing their first program small, well defined tasks KOANS jQuery
  • 18. Achieving Mastery Appropriate level of challenge Build on previous learnings Healthy Failure Hard Work + Persistence
  • 19. Teaching Strategy Elaborative Interrogation ask why? Analogies give many diverse analogies contrasting analogies make connections to their world
  • 20. Declarative vs Procedural Declarative what facts Procedural how when to apply
  • 21. Review of Success Strongly Motivated Confident Demonstrate Procedural Knowledge Can learn independently