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Teach students how to learn : strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation /

"For over a decade Saundra McGuire has been acclaimed for her presentations and workshops on metacognition and student learning because the tools and strategies she has shared have enabled faculty to facilitate dramatic improvements in student learning and success. The methods she proposes do n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: McGuire, Saundra Yancy (Autor), McGuire, Stephanie (Autor)
Otros Autores: Angelo, Thomas A., 1954- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Saundra's journey : from traditional instructor to academic transformer
  • Why don't our students already know how to learn?
  • Metacognition : what it is and how it helps students become independent learners
  • The power of teaching Bloom's Taxonomy and the study cycle to students
  • Metacognitive learning strategies at work
  • Mindset matters
  • Connections between motivation, emotions, and learning
  • What faculty can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning
  • What students can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning
  • Partnering with your campus learning center
  • Teaching learning strategies to groups
  • Teaching unprepared students
  • Epilogue : experiment and have fun!
  • Appendixes: A. Compilation of strategies for students ; B. Books and web links recommended for students ; C. Compilation of strategies for instructors ; D. Resources for presenting learning strategies to groups ; E. Learning strategies inventory ; F. Dramatic individual student improvement ; G. Selected student feedback ; H. Slides from Chemistry presentation ; I. An advanced placement physics class.