How Learning Works
Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

The 7 principles are... 1-prior knowledge (misinformation and otherwise) affects student learning. Consider pre-tests that ask them to use the skills you assume are prerequisite. Prior knowledge should be activiated, sufficient, appropriate and accurate 2-How student organize knowledge matters. Help s......more

I'm reading this text as a graduate student working as a teaching assistant and also teaching my own college-level courses. I think it's an excellent book for conceptualizing about how our students learn and how to approach teaching. I really enjoy the way that it's organized--a scenario before each......more

Wish someone has given this to me my first year teaching!!......more

I learned a lot from this book. It's a clearly-written, straightforward, practical approach to how to better facilitate student learning.......more

Accessible, clear, and generally quite useful, "How Learning Works" offers a collection of advice for those teaching. While geared towards university-level instruction, the principles are broadly applicable at all levels. I appreciated several things about this book. First and foremost, the authors w......more