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50 ways to leave your lectern : active learning strategies to engage first-year students /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staley, Constance Courtney
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, [2003]
Subjects:
College teaching > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Active learning > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
College freshmen > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Defining active learning
  • Using active learning in first-year classrooms
  • Processing active learning experiences : application, reflection, integration
  • Designing active learning experiences
  • Assessing active learning experiences
  • Active learning exercise evaluation sheet
  • Active learning design sheet
  • Introductory exercises
  • First-year seminar exercises
  • Content-integrating exercises
  • Lecture-based exercises
  • Skills-based exercises : speaking, writing, technology
  • Discipline-specific exercises
  • Closing exercises.