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When experts teach, they are often eager to advance their learners to higher cognitive levels where challenges seem more interesting or valuable.
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If the learning objectives in your lesson seem a bit dull, you can understand the appeal! And the goal is laudable. However, teaching is an incremental process,
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and giving in to this urge can result in skipping steps (see "expert awareness gap" in previous episodes), leaving novice learners in a state of cognitive overload.
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and giving in to this urge can result in skipping steps (see "expert awareness gap" in previous episodes), leaving novice learners in a state of cognitive overload.
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'Higher order' tasks like synthesis or creation rely on more fundamental levels of understanding, and are therefore prone to failure when applied too soon.
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Awareness of exactly what underlying knowledge is required at each step will help you to avoid asking too much. For more guidance on identifying the "level" of
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a particular task, we recommend having a look at one of many excellent references on Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Awareness of exactly what underlying knowledge is required at each step will help you to avoid asking too much.
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For more guidance on identifying the "level" of a particular task, we recommend having a look at one of many excellent references on Bloom's Taxonomy.
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## Prepare to Use Formative Assessments
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## Review the Instructor Notes
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Many of The Carpentries lessons have
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instructor's notes, with information
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from instructors who have already taught the material. This can be a valuable
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resource when preparing to teach, especially when teaching a lesson for the first time.
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Many of The Carpentries lessons have instructor's notes, with information from instructors who have already taught the material.
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This can be a valuable resource when preparing to teach, especially when teaching a lesson for the first time.
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The instructor notes are linked on each lesson page under the "Extras" pull down menu.
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In addition, configuration problems and other
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technical hurdles common across multiple lessons are detailed [in this community-developed page][Config]
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along with suggested solutions. This link is built into each workshop website as well for easy access by learners and
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during workshops. When you find new problems or solutions, please contribute!
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In addition,
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configuration problems and other technical hurdles common across multiple lessons are detailed
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[in this community-developed page][Config] along with suggested solutions.
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This link is built into each workshop website as well for easy access by learners and during workshops.
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When you find new problems or solutions, please contribute!
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