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How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles For Smart Teaching (2010)

by Susan A. Ambrose(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0470484101 (ISBN13: 9780470484104)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Jossey-Bass

review 1: A great look into undergraduate teaching and research based strategies for effective teaching. I particularly like Chapter 2 which differentiates how experts and learners organize information. I also found Chapter 5 helpful in thinking about designing challenging tasks, providing support structures and offering feedback. While the examples are taken from undergraduate classrooms, many of the techniques apply to curriculum development (for in person and online consumption).
review 2: The predictable organization (what's going on; what principle is at work; what does the research tell us; what strategies does the research suggest) makes information easy to find in each chapter, but it also makes the book a bit tedious to read all the way through. The biggest str... moreengths are the vignettes that begin each chapter, where teachers will see themselves, and the appendices at the end, which include practical solutions. less

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