Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice

Angelo, new zealand "yet again, victoria university of Wellington, University Teaching Development Centre, director, Maryellen Weimer has made a perfectly timed contribution to the pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning. Weimer maps out the nature of pedagogical literature—how to read it and how to contribute to it.

. Praise for maryellen weimer's inspired college teaching "the thoughtfulness, personalization, her ability to identify issues that are shared and solvable, and consideration Maryellen Weimer demonstrates in discussing the experience of faculty members, and her suggestions and solutions to commonly experienced stressors and difficulties in college teaching are major strengths of this volume.

. In her distinctively conversational and clear style, Dr. Border, graduate teacher program and collaborative preparing future Faculty Network, her ability to tell good stories, director, University of Colorado at Boulder "A book by Maryellen Weimer always displays her wonderful grasp of the literature on college teaching and learning, and her wit and wisdom.

This one is no exception. Nancy van note chism, and practical style, maryellen weimer provides a much-needed guide, direct, critique, professor, Indiana University School of Education, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Praise for Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning "In her characteristically research-based, and road map of the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Enhancing scholarly work on Teaching and Learning does indeed shed clarifying light on the exciting new emphasis on scholarly approaches to teaching. In a way, it is a 'workshop between book covers'—or perhaps several workshops!" —Laura L.

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McKeachie's Teaching Tips

The suggested strategies are supported by research and adaptable to specific classroom situations. This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for every student. Used book in Good Condition.

Rather than suggest a "set of recipes" to be followed mechanically, the book gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics of teaching and learning. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage. Com/infotrac.


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Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses

Now the author has updated his bestselling classic, providing busy faculty with invaluable conceptual and procedural tools for instructional design. As thought-provoking and inspiring today as it was when it was first published, it is a 'must' for anyone serious about creating courses that challenge students to learn deeply.

Elizabeth F. Barkley, author, student Engagement Techniques Used book in Good Condition. Step by step, fink shows how to use a taxonomy of significant learning and systematically combine the best research-based practices for learning-centered teaching with a teaching strategy in a way that results in powerful learning experiences.

Tapping into the knowledge, tools, and strategies in Creating Significant Learning Experiences empowers educators to creatively design courses that will result in significant learning for their students. Used book in Good Condition. This is a gem of a book that every college teacher should read. Ken bain, author, what the Best College Students Do Since the original publication of L.

Fink also explores recent changes in higher education nationally and internationally and offers more proven strategies for dealing with student resistance to innovative teaching. Dee fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful.

This edition addresses new research on how people learn, active learning, and student engagement; includes illustrative examples from online teaching; and reports on the effectiveness of Fink's time-tested model.


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How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

The authors have extensive knowledge and experience in applying the science of learning to college teaching, and they graciously share it with you in this organized and readable book. From the Foreword by Richard E. Jossey-Bass. I will recommend this book to all my colleagues. Catherine M. Paulus, professor of chemistry, North Hennepin Community College, and 2008 U.

S. Drawing upon new research in psychology, and cognitive science, education, the authors have demystified a complex topic into clear explanations of seven powerful learning principles. Mayer, university of california, e-learning and the Science of Instruction; and author, Santa Barbara; coauthor, professor of psychology, Multimedia Learning Used book in Good Condition.

Although i have been teaching for almost thirty years, as I read this book I found myself resonating with many of its ideas, and I discovered new ways of thinking about teaching. Eugenia T. Community colleges professor of the year from the carnegie foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education "Thank you Carnegie Mellon for making accessible what has previously been inaccessible to those of us who are not learning scientists.

Your focus on the essence of learning combined with concrete examples of the daily challenges of teaching and clear tactical strategies for faculty to consider is a welcome work. Praise for how learning Works "How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent book. Full of great ideas and practical suggestions, all based on solid research evidence, this book is essential reading for instructors at all levels who wish to improve their students' learning.




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The Learner-Centered Curriculum: Design and Implementation

They illustrate the kind of conversations and transformations that could raise the value of and change the prospects for higher education. John tagg, realistic, the learning paradigm College "This book offers a powerful, author, and much-needed plan for changing how learning happens in higher education.

Praise for the learner-centered curriculum "Cullen, Harris, and Hill provide a clear and practical framework for addressing the root of the problems of today's universities. This is a must-read for faculty and administrators committed to transforming their curriculum in order to educate better prepared graduates.

Deborah L. Cloud state university Used book in Good Condition. Jossey-Bass. Used book in Good Condition. Potter, iii, president, St. Anyone concerned about improving teaching and students' learning needs to read this book!"—Terry Doyle, Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment "To help achieve the imperative to make our universities more learner-centered, author, the authors focus on curriculum redesign and offer a solid theoretical approach combined with applied skills that institutional leaders and faculty can use to attain their goals.

The authors provide a lucid, actionable, and evidence-based prescription for building an integrated learning system to replace the hodgepodge of miscellany that we have inherited. Used book in Good Condition.


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The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach

Like the first edition, this book is based on a learner-centered approach. Jossey-Bass. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. When it was first published in 1997, The Course Syllabus became the gold standard reference for both new and experienced college faculty. Today's syllabus provides details about course objectives, and also includes information about teaching philosophies, requirements and expectations, specific activities and the rationale for their use, and tools essential to student success.

Because faculty members are now deeply committed to engaging students in learning, if lengthy, the syllabus has evolved into a useful, document. Used book in Good Condition. Jossey-Bass.


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Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty

Student engagement techniques is a comprehensive resource that offers college teachers a dynamic model for engaging students and includes over one hundred tips, strategies, and techniques that have been proven to help teachers from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions motivate and connect with their students.

Jossey-Bass. Used book in Good Condition. Used book in Good Condition. Keeping students involved, motivated, and actively learning is challenging educators across the country, yet good advice on how to accomplish this has not been readily available. Jossey-Bass. The ready-to-use format shows how to apply each of the book's techniques in the classroom and includes purpose, online implementation, procedures, preparation, variations and extensions, examples, observations and advice, and key resources.

Faculty looking for ideas to heighten student engagement in their courses will find usefultechniques that can be adopted, adapted, extended, or modified. Bob smallwood, cocreator of classe classroom survey of student engagement and assistant to the provost for assessment, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, University of Alabama "Elizabeth Barkley's encyclopedia of active learning techniques here called SETs combines both a solid discussion of the research on learning that supports the concept of engagement and real-life examples of these approaches to teaching in action.

James rhem, executive editor, The National Teaching & Learning Forum Used book in Good Condition. Given the current and welcome surge of interest in improving student learning and success, this guide is a timely and important tool, sharply focused on practical strategies that can really matter. Kay mcclenney, center for community college student engagement, director, community College Leadership Program, the University of Texas at Austin "This book is a 'must' for every new faculty orientation program; it not only emphasizes the importance of concentrating on what students learn but provides clear steps to prepare and execute an engagement technique.




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What the Best College Teachers Do

Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. What the best college teachers Do is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out--but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses.

Used book in Good Condition. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Used book in Good Condition. Jossey-Bass. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand. Jossey-Bass. Most of all, they believe two things fervently: that teaching matters and that students can learn.

What makes a great teacher great? who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. Great product! Jossey-Bass. Used book in Good Condition.

In stories both humorous and touching, Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential.


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Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning

Jossey-Bass. Used book in Good Condition. Jossey-Bass. Great product! Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every day Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. Jossey-Bass. These strategies are designed to bridge the chasm between primary research and the classroom environment in a way that can be implemented by any faculty in any discipline, and even integrated into pre-existing teaching techniques.

But that's easier said than done. In small teaching, james lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference—many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. Learn, explains when and how it should be employed, for example: how does one become good at retrieving knowledge from memory? How does making predictions now help us learn in the future? How do instructors instill fixed or growth mindsets in their students? Each chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive theory, and provides firm examples of how the intervention has been or could be used in a variety of disciplines.

Used book in Good Condition. Jossey Bass Wiley. Small teaching techniques include brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or communication with students. Used book in Good Condition. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom.




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Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers

Used book in Good Condition. Twelve case studies that detail the real-life classroom experiences of teachers carrying out successful classroom assessment projects. This revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1988 handbook offers teachers at all levels how-to advise on classroom assessment, including: What classroom assessment entails and how it works.

Fifty classroom assessment techniques Step-by-step procedures for administering the techniques Practical advice on how to analyze your data Order your copy today. Used book in Good Condition. Great product! Jossey Bass Wiley. Used book in Good Condition. Jossey-Bass. Jossey-Bass. How to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects.

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Curriculum Development: A Guide to Practice 9th Edition

Used book in Good Condition. Convenient. Enjoy instant online access from your computer or download the Pearson eText App to read on or offline on your iPad® and Android® tablet. Affordable. The enhanced pearson etext may be purchased stand-alone or with a loose-leaf version of the text for 40-65% less than a print bound book.

The pearson etext app is available on Google Play and in the App Store. They are not available in third-party eTexts or downloads. The new edition of this highly respected book identifies 25 individual strategies, currently used worldwide, districts, states, for promoting educational development—strategies that schools, and nations will employ in transforming their systems for the new global age.

Jossey-Bass. Note: this is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. Used book in Good Condition. While maintaining its established, well-known focus on historical and philosophical aspects of curriculum development, and the curriculum activities of the world’s leading nations, this edition also includes updated chapters on technology, the Common Core movement, along with practical applications of these historic and novel principles of curriculum work.

Jossey Bass Wiley. It requires Android OS 3. 1-4, a 7” or 10” tablet, or iPad iOS 5.


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