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Download full textShakman, Karen; Foster, Brandon; Khanani, Noman; Marcus, Jill; Cox, Josh – Education Development Center, Inc., 2018
Student-centered learning encompasses four overlapping and complementary principles (JFF, 2014): competency-based progression, personalization, flexibility in where and when learning takes place, and facilitation of key skills and dispositions such as agency and ownership. To date, few studies have attempted to quantitatively characterize…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Student Centered Learning, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education
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Direct linkCraviotto, Cathleen; Farmer, Jeff – PRIMUS, 2003
An interdisciplinary course centered on mathematical ideas (involving infinity and geometry) is described. The course was developed by the authors, both mathematicians, as a vehicle for engaging students in learning about mathematical ideas that are rarely found in the general undergraduate curriculum. The course was offered to honors students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Group Discussion, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
Humphreys, W. Lee, Ed.; Wickersham, Barbara, Ed. – 1987
Suggestions for graduate teaching assistants (TA) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are offered. Information is provided on: the TA as a university employee, the instructor as a teacher/adviser, course management, classroom and evaluation concerns, and teaching resources. Definitions are offered for the graduate teaching assistant,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Annotated Bibliographies, College Instruction
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Coll. of Agricultural and Life Sciences. – 1982
Information on teaching at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is presented for both new and established teachers. Course and lecture organization, presentation techniques, and teaching aids are covered, along with exams, grading, and teacher evaluation. Class size and composition and classroom…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction
Westmeyer, Paul – 1988
An overview of the field of adult education is presented, and the nature of adult learners and eight basic instructional modes are discussed. The focus is skills that make people better teachers and the intended audience is college professors, continuing education instructors outside the formal education setting, and students of higher education.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Instruction
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Two Year Coll. Student Development Center. – 1980
Materials in this sourcebook are designed for use by college administrators charged with developing in-service programs that provide instructional support, procedural information, and recognition for part-time vocational instructors. The introduction to the sourcebook examines the problems encountered by part-time faculty and then discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives, College Role, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
