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Effective instruction for STEM disciplines : from learning theory to college teaching / Edward J. Mastascusa, William J. Snyder, Brian S. Hoyt ; Maryellen Weimer, consulting editor.

Van Pelt Library LB2331 .E41 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mastascusa, E. J.
Contributor:
Snyder, William J., 1941-
Hoyt, Brian S., 1963-
James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
Series:
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
College teaching.
Effective teaching.
Learning.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2011.
Summary:
"This groundbreaking book offers information on the most effective ways that students process material, store it in their long-term memories, and how that effects learning for long-term retention. It reveals how achieving different levels is important for "transfer" which refers to the learner's ability to use what is learned in different situations and to problems that might not be directly related to the problems used to help the student learn. Filled with proven tools, techniques, and approaches, this book explores how to apply these approaches to improve teaching"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Is there a problem? : Or is the problem that we don't think there is a problem?
Learning and memory : how does learning happen?
Perception : when all else fails, start at the beginning
Processing and active learning : how does it happen?
Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives : its relationship to course outcomes
Interactive engagement and active learning : retrieval events
Some active learning techniques : studying, retrieval, and schemata construction
Problem-based learning : where am I ever going to use this stuff?
Transfer : what are your course outcomes?
Teaching for transfer : applying what is known
Applications
Appendix: Bloom's taxonomy and educational outcomes : the McBeath action verbs
Glossary.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
ISBN:
0470474459
9780470474457
OCLC:
682892457
Publisher Number:
99943986673

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