Joel Michael, Harold I Modell

Active Learning in Secondary and College Science Classrooms

A Working Model for Helping the Learner To Learn

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Produktbeschreibung

This manual presents a working model for "helping the learner to learn". It should be relevant to any teaching context, but the focus is on teaching in secondary and college science classrooms. It defines a framework for thinking about active learning and creating an active learning environment.

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Presents and illustrates a working model for science educators in secondary and college classrooms. The model is designed to "help the learner to learn" through active science learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 161mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780805839487
• ISBN-10: 0805839488
• Artikelnr.: 21775628

Autorenporträt

Joel Michael, Harold I. Modell

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: Building the Foundation for an Approach to
Active Learning. What Is Learning and How Does It Occur? Meaningful
Learning and Problem Solving in Science. A Model for the Learning
Environment. Part II: Roles for the Teacher in Creating an Active Learning
Environment. Defining the Output State. Assessing the Input State: The
Teacher as Diagnostician. Moving From the Input to the Output State: The
Learning Experience. Part III: Creating Active Learning Environments.
Preparing Students to Participate in an Active Learning Environment.
Creating an Active Learning Environment in the Science Lecture Hall.
Promoting Active Learning in the "Conference Room." Helping the Learner to
Learn in the Student Laboratory. New Approaches to Science Learning:
Cooperative and Collaborative Learning. Part IV: Assessment in an Active
Learning Environment. Assessment of Student Performance. How Do I Know It's
Working? The Teacher as Reflective Practitioner. Part V: Summing Up. The
Challenges of Helping the Learner to Learn. Building a Community of Active
Learning Practitioners. The Bottom Line.