Learning Styles
Students process information differently, with some preferring visual, auditory, or tactile processes for acquiring and analyzing new data. You can expect Faculty Focus to report on the latest research on learning styles and how teachers can adjust their instructional techniques to accommodate all learners.
July 9, 2010
Learning from Experience
In an editorial published in the Journal of Geoscience Education, a geography faculty member offers a testimonial in favor of learner-centered teaching. “Through my 15 years of teaching Earth System ... Read more »
July 21, 2009
Problem-solving Exercises that Promote Intellectual Development
In a Journal of Engineering Education article (referenced below), Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent propose an instructional model that promotes the intellectual development of science and engineering students. Among a ... Read more »
May 11, 2009
Do Learning Styles Matter?
There’s been a lot written about learning styles. More than 650 books published in the United States and Canada alone. Do a Google search on “learning styles” and you get ... Read more »
April 23, 2009
Should Senior Faculty Teach More Introductory Courses? Boomers and Millennials Have More in Common Than You Might Think
After years of service and moving up through the faculty ranks, senior faculty members often feel they have earned the privilege of concentrating their teaching efforts on upper-division courses, leaving ... Read more »
April 2, 2009
Objections to Active Learning
If you think everybody’s pretty much on board with the idea of active learning, think again. I was surprised to find an article that in its opening paragraph describes active ... Read more »
March 31, 2009
Understanding Learning Styles Research and Instruments
Research on learning styles now spans four decades and occurs across a wide spectrum of disciplines, including many quite removed from psychology, the disciplinary home of many of the central ... Read more »
March 4, 2009
The ECHO Model of Experiential Learning
As educators we hear and heed Peter McLaren’s warning, “You can't teach people anything … You have to create a context in which they can analyze themselves and their social ... Read more »
February 11, 2009
Strategies for Increasing Student Learning and Performance
When it comes to course design, is the goal to help your students understand concepts, enable future retrieval of concepts, or enable future retrieval of concepts and apply them in ... Read more »
February 2, 2009
Concept Mapping Improves Student Learning
Donna Saulsberry was in a bind. As an associate professor of computer and information technology at Doña Ana Community College, one of her jobs is to prepare her networking students ... Read more »
October 29, 2008
Nine Tips for Creating a Hybrid Course
Most instructors supplement their face-to-face courses with some online learning materials such as online syllabi, handouts, PowerPoint slides, and course-related Web links. All of these can add to ... Read more »
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