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Author Ambrose, Susan A., 1958- author.

Title How learning works : seven research-based principles for smart teaching / Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman ; foreword by Richard E. Mayer.

Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2010]
©2010

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Series The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
Summary From the Inside Flap: Any conversation about effective teaching must begin with a consideration of how students learn. However, instructors may find a gap between resources that focus on the technical research on learning and those that provide practical classroom strategies. How Learning Works provides the bridge for such a gap. In this volume, the authors introduce seven general principles of learning, distilled from the research literature as well as from twenty-seven years of experience working one-on-one with college faculty. They have drawn on research from a breadth of perspectives (cognitive, developmental, and social psychology; educational research; anthropology; demographics; and organizational behavior) to identify a set of key principles underlying learning-from how effective organization enhances retrieval and use of information to what impacts motivation. These principles provide instructors with an understanding of student learning that can help them see why certain teaching approaches are or are not supporting student learning, generate or refine teaching approaches and strategies that more effectively foster student learning in specific contexts, and transfer and apply these principles to new courses. For anyone who wants to improve his or her students' learning, it is crucial to understand how that learning works and how to best foster it. This vital resource is grounded in learning theory and based on research evidence, while being easy to understand and apply to college teaching.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How does students' prior knowledge affect their learning? -- How does the way students organize knowledge affect their learning? -- What factors motivate students to learn? -- How do students develop mastery? -- What kinds of practice and feedback enhance learning? -- Why do student development and course climate matter for student learning? -- How do students become self-directed learners?
Note Print version record.
Subject Effective teaching -- Case studies.
Educational innovations -- Case studies.
School improvement programs -- Case studies.
Learning, Psychology of -- Case studies.
Teaching. (DNLM)D013663
Learning. (DNLM)D007858
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Educational innovations. (OCoLC)fst00903483
Effective teaching. (OCoLC)fst00903762
Learning, Psychology of. (OCoLC)fst00995009
School improvement programs. (OCoLC)fst01107461
Fallstudie (DE-588)4124897-1
Schulentwicklungsplanung (DE-588)4127661-9
Unterrichtserfolg (DE-588)4187076-1
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Reference works.
Added Title Seven research-based principles for smart teaching
Other Form: Print version: How learning works. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2010 9780470484104 (DLC) 2010003939 (OCoLC)468969206
ISBN 9780470617595 (electronic bk.)
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9786612686498 (ebk.)
9780470484104 (cloth)
0470484101 (cloth)
9781282686496 (MyiLibrary)
1282686496 (MyiLibrary)
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