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Decoding the Disciplines

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Decoding the Disciplines is a process for increasing student learning by narrowing the gap between expert and novice thinking. Beginning with the identification of bottlenecks to learning in particular disciplines, it seeks to make explicit the tacit knowledge of experts and to help students master the mental actions they need for success in particular courses.

Steps in the Decoding process

Identify a bottleneck to learning

Uncover the mental tasks needed to overcome the bottleneck

Model these tasks

Give students practice and feedback

Motivate and lessen resistance

Assess student mastery

Share what has been learned through the Decoding process

History

Decoding the Disciplines has been pioneered by Joan Middendorf and David Pace at Indiana University.

Decoding the Disciplines as a framework

relation to other frameworks