Deeper Understanding Of Stages Of Insight Development
In my experience the " epiphanies of learning " or the moments of spontaneous intellectual clarity, so valued by those of us committed to teaching and learning, are far more abundant and well articulated in the classrooms. While educational and cognitive psychologists are quick to define "insight," little empirical research is available to assess its occurrence in the classroom setting. More often than not the methodology employed to document change in student understanding and insight involves an approach that privileges the teacher's perceptions over the learner's. Ironically , very little emphasis has been placed on the voices of learners as important and necessary assessment tools. My project investigated the "epiphanies" or insights in the learning process utilizing the student's perspective as manifested in her/his writing. The specific questions I sought to explore were the following: When and how does a moment of clarity occur for the ...
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