Stone Centre and CTaLE workshop on The unknown unknowns: Concept checks to address illusions of knowing

Students, as novice learners, often operate in a state of unconscious incompetence and tend to be overconfident in their level of understanding. Meanwhile, teachers, as domain experts, may assume a state of unconscious competence, which could lead them to overestimate students’ grasp of new material. Both students and teachers fall prey to illusions of knowing, which often occur when students prioritise factual and procedural knowledge over conceptual knowledge. EeCheng Ong (National University of Singapore) will walk through how to formulate concept checks — short and focused questions, targeting specific learning bottlenecks — to build students’ conceptual knowledge and metacognitive knowledge. Due to a limited in-person capacity tickets are for online attendance via Microsoft Teams.