AMT

What is AMT you ask? Some new government agency? A hip, new rock band so cool that only young, city-dwelling bohemians have heard of it? Nope. According to Judy Hilton, it is a valuable concept that educators need to implement in the classroom if they want their students to truly understand what they are learning.

During her session at Summer Conference, Hilton explained how acquiring basic knowledge skills, making meaning of "big ideas," and transferring knowledge to new situations (AMT) is key for students to learn the game of life. Too often, she said, students just memorize what they are taught and repeat it back to the teachers because that is what they think is expected. That's not education, that's regurgitation.

Teachers must come up with curriculum and the knowledge they want students to acquire, then present ideas and questions to students that they then make meaning of. Finally, educators develop tasks that can tell whether students can transfer what they have learned to real situations. If they can successfully use their knowledge in the real world, then students will be more likely to succeed in that very place.

Do you find the concept of AMT useful? How often do you see students struggle with applying what they have learned to real situations?

 

You can read more about Hilton's presentation in the Conference Daily story "The Game of Life."

Comments

[Aurora SAMSON-REYNA]

I'm interested to know mnore about AMT. Please let me know how I can access Hilton's The Game of Life. Thanks!