Course Materials

Introduction

Halpern & Hakel, Teaching for long-term retention and transfer
Lang, Students as learners
Pellegrino, Chudowsky, Glaser, & U. S. National Research Council, Advances in the sciences of thinking and learning
Brabrand & Andersen, Part 1: “Learning” Student Perspective [ YouTube , Length 8:14 ]
Brabrand & Andersen, Part 2: “Understanding” Knowledge Perspective [ YouTube , Length 6:19 ]
Brabrand & Andersen, Part 3: “The Solution” Constructive Alignment [ YouTube , Length 4:13 ]
“Test Your Awareness: Whodunnit?” [ YouTube , Length 1:54 ]
Motivating Students
Motivation To Learn
Worksheet – How Research Into Learning Informs Teaching [ DOC ]
Complete Session Video [ ZIP, 381 MB ]

Wiggins & McTighe, Chapter 1: Backward design. In Understanding by Design
Wiggins & McTighe, Chapter 2: Clarifying content priorities. In Understanding by Design
Munzenmaier, Bloom’s taxonomy: What’s old is new again. The Learning Guild Research
Session Outline [ PDF / DOC ]
Session Slides [ PDF ]
Example Syllabus [ PDF ]
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Handout [ PDF ]
Complete Session Video [ ZIP, 245 MB ]

Bloom, The 2 sigma problem: The search for methods of group instruction as effective as one-to-one tutoring
Cooper, Robinson, & Ball, The interactive lecture: Reconciling group and active learning strategies with traditional instructional formats
Smith et al., Why peer discussion improves student performance on in-class concept questions
Session Outline [ PDF / DOC ]
Session Slides [ PDF ]
Active Learning Strategies [ PDF / DOC ]
Complete Session Video [ ZIP, 291 MB ]

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