Book description
Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific
approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this
book introduces seven general principles of how students learn. The
authors have drawn on research from a breadth of perspectives
(cognitive, developmental, and social psychology; educational research;
anthropology; demographics; organizational behavior) to identify a set
of key principles underlying learning, from how effective organization
enhances retrieval and use of information to what impacts motivation.
Integrating theory with real-classroom examples in practice, this book
helps faculty to apply cognitive science advances to improve their own
teaching.
Susan A. Ambrose
is associate provost for education, director of the Eberly Center for
Teaching Excellence, and teaching professor in the Department of History
at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Michael W. Bridges is director of faculty development at UPMC
St. Margaret Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Michele DiPietro is associate director for graduate programs at
the Eberly Center and instructor in the Department of Statistics at
Carnegie Mellon.
Marsha C. Lovett is associate director for faculty development
at the Eberly Center and associate teaching professor in the
Department of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon.
Marie K. Norman is a teaching consultant and research associate
at the Eberly Center and adjunct professor of anthropology at Carnegie Mellon.
The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence at Carnegie Mellon
University was created in 1982 with a mission to distill the
research on learning for faculty and graduate students and to
collaborate with them to design and implement meaningful educational
experiences. The center's work is based on the idea that combining the
science and art of teaching empowers college faculty to create the
conditions for students to learn and, through this learning, transform
their world.
