Help Out Loud
To help parents cultivate children’s problem-solving capability, I made a podcast to illustrate a teaching technique called cognitive modeling. By using the classic Chicken-Rabbit Math Problem, the audio provides two examples of how to use cognitive modeling to help kids solve the problem.
Individual Project
Features
Cognitive modeling | Contrasting cases
Tools: GarageBand | Soundcloud
Modeling for modeling
Audible reasoning is an effective tool to teach kids how to engage in complex higher-order cognition and to equip them with self-management skills. I matched the learning format with the using format to allow the parents to learn the technique through audio and then to use the technique through audible thinking.
Illustrating the real-life task
I chose a not-too-simple but complex enough problem as the base case in the tutoring presentation, so that the narration of the parent model won’t look so stupid if he made a tweak of his problem-solving process.
Contrasting for the differences
I especially wanted to guide the audience's attention to emotional and metacognitive aspects when using this technique, and I was afraid mixing them with the cognitive aspect will dwarf their significance, so I designed two levels to contrast and highlight the advanced features.
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