Active Learning: 101 Effective Teaching Strategies

Author: (USA) Sherman
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Learning is not simply about stuffing information into students' heads; it requires their full engagement in terms of intellect, emotion, social interaction, and physical activity. Traditional explanations and demonstrations will never lead to true, lasting learning—only active learning can achieve this result. This book presents specific, actionable strategies that can be applied to almost any subject. Some are highly engaging, while others are more serious, all with the goal of deepening students' learning and memory while sparking their interest. The book describes 101 concrete strategies, divided into three major sections: How to make students active from the very beginning; How to help students actively acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes; How to help students retain what they have learned. You can use these strategies in any subject you teach. Regardless of the subject you currently teach or the level of your students, you will find the methods provided in this book to be highly useful, even exciting.