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Helping students learn in a learner-centered environment : a guide to facilitating learning in higher education /

Doyle, Terry, 1951-

Helping students learn in a learner-centered environment : a guide to facilitating learning in higher education / Terry Doyle ; foreword by John Tagg. - 1st ed. - Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2008. - xviii, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.

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.

9781579222215 (cloth : alk. paper) 1579222218 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781579222222 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1579222226 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007038267


College teaching.
Student-centered learning.

LB2331 / .D66 2008

378.1/7

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