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

by Michael W. Bridges; Michele DiPietro; Marsha Lovett; Marie K. Norman

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Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons

, 2023

Overview

Apply these eight learning principles for more effective teaching

As educators in the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, we are continuously challenged to keep our courses effective, engaging, relevant, and inclusive. The updated and expanded second edition of How Learning Works can help! It incorporates the latest research, provides a wider range of strategies, and adds a new principle to your toolkit.

Readers will find eight essential learning principles that distill the overwhelming research literature into:

Real-world teaching and learning scenarios

Examples that reflect a diverse set of teaching environments and learner populations

150 practical strategies you can apply to your teaching context

With these practical, broadly applicable insights, you can:

Understand why your successful teaching approaches work

Solve common teaching and learning problems

Adapt your teaching to new modalities (e.g., online, hybrid) and challenges

Ground your innovations in evidence-based practice

Based on research from cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, education, anthropology, and more—this book makes learning work...for you and your students.

Key Features

• Provides a wider range of strategies, and adds a new principle to your toolkit.
• Gives principles that distill the overwhelming research literature.
• Helps you solve common teaching and learning problems.

Content

• 1 - Why Do Students’ Identities and Stages of Development Matter for Learning?
• 2 - How Does Students’ Prior Knowledge Affect Their Learning?
• 3 - How Does the Way Students Organize Knowledge Affect Their Learning?
• 4 - What Factors Motivate Students to Learn?
• 5 - How Do Students Develop Mastery?
• 6 - What Kinds of Practice and Feedback Enhance Learning?
• 7 - Why Does Course Climate Matter for Student Learning?
• 8 - How Do Students Become Self- Directed Learners?

Product Details

• Title: How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
• Authors: Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha Lovett, Marie K. Norman, Susan A. Ambrose
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Effective teaching › Case studies; Educational innovations › Case studies; School improvement programs › Case studies; Learning, Psychology of › Case studies; Learning; Teaching
• ISBNs: 9781119861690, 1119861691
• Resource ID: LLS:HOWLEARNINGWORKS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-27T01:17:41Z