"What do the best college teachers know about how we learn?"
Pages 22-47.
Questions and Reflections:
On p. 24 Bain talks about thinking about our students in term of “whether their education has a sustained, substantial, and positive influence on the way that they think, act, and feel.”
The following questions may help us to think about how that may relate to what is known about the way that students learn.
1. What are the four key concepts taken from research and theoretical literature on cognition, motivation, and human development that Bain suggests that the best teachers are keenly aware of if only on an intuitive basis? Include a brief summary of, and a quote that you like from, each concept. Pages 26-32
2. What does Bain suggest about using grades as a motivating factor in student learning? Again, give an overview and a relevant quote or two that you liked. Pgs 34-38
3. What are “strategic learners” and what are the drawbacks of strategic learning? Again find a passage or two that you like on this issue. P. 34
4. Bain talks about 3 types of learners on page 40… Do you see those in your classroom? Which of those have you been yourself at various points in your academic career? How might you work with students to best identify and maximize the learning in your class given these types of approaches?
5. What is the Developmental View of Learning that Bain talks about on pages 42-46
6. What are the implications for teaching in understanding this discussion of how students learn? Page 48 and your own thoughts.
2. What does Bain suggest about using grades as a motivating factor in student learning? Again, give an overview and a relevant quote or two that you liked. Pgs 34-38
3. What are “strategic learners” and what are the drawbacks of strategic learning? Again find a passage or two that you like on this issue. P. 34
4. Bain talks about 3 types of learners on page 40… Do you see those in your classroom? Which of those have you been yourself at various points in your academic career? How might you work with students to best identify and maximize the learning in your class given these types of approaches?
5. What is the Developmental View of Learning that Bain talks about on pages 42-46
6. What are the implications for teaching in understanding this discussion of how students learn? Page 48 and your own thoughts.
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