Idea-based learning : a course design process to promote conceptual understanding /

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Synthesizing the best current thinking about learning, course design, and promoting student achievement, this is a guide to developing college instruction that has clear purpose, is well integrated into the curriculum, and improves student learning in predictable and measurable ways. The process inv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hansen, Edmund, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sterling, Va. : Stylus, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Curricula > United States.
Curriculum planning > United States.
Concept learning.
Enseignement supérieur > Programmes d'études > États-Unis.
Apprentissage de concepts.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Concept learning
Curriculum planning
Education, Higher > Curricula
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF COURSE DESIGN; Faculty Stressors in Teaching; Lack of Students' Intellectual Curiosity; Students' Academic Underpreparedness; Fear of Antagonizing Students; Time Spent on Grading Papers; The Addition of New Teaching Roles; Benefits From Idea-Based Course Design; Focus on the Big Picture Gives Direction and Reduces Information Overload; Detailed Criteria for Quality Performance Are Defined Up Front; Ample Practice Opportunities for Key Skills Are Built Into the Design.

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