Helping students learn in a learner-centered environment : a guide to facilitating learning in higher education /
From the Publisher: Before entering higher education, most students' learning experiences have been traditional and teacher-centered. Their teachers have typically controlled their learning, with students having had little say about what and how to learn. For many students, encountering a learn...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sterling, Va. :
Stylus Pub.,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Optimizing students' learning
- Why students resist learner-centered teaching
- Creating relevance for a learner-centered practice
- Putting students' learning into the context of current learning theory
- Promoting independent learning
- Communication skills for working with peers
- Helping students take charge of their learning
- When students teach one another
- Presentations and performance assessments
- Becoming lifelong learners
- Helping students recognize what they know, don't know, and misunderstand
- Student evaluations : themselves, others, and the teacher
- Appendix A. Research report writing and reading assignments report writing
- Appendix B. Problem-solving process
- Appendix C. Feedback rubric
- Appendix D. Sample rubrics
- Appendix E. Student background questionnaire
- Appendix F. Websites on learning how to give effective criticism.
