Teach students how to learn : strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation
Saundra Yancy McGuire (Author), Stephanie McGuire (Author)
This book is written primarily for faculty but will be equally useful for TAs, tutors, and learning center professionals. For readers with no background in education or cognitive psychology, the book avoids jargon and esoteric theory
Print Book, English, 2015
First edition View all formats and editions
Stylus Publishing, LLC, Sterling, Virginia, 2015
Informational works
xx, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781620363164, 9781620363157, 162036316X, 1620363151
922572203
Foreword / Thomas A. Angelo
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