A Concise Guide to Teaching With Desirable Difficulties
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| Title: | A Concise Guide to Teaching With Desirable Difficulties |
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| Description: | This concise guidebook on desirable difficulties is designed to be a resource for academics who are interested in engaging students according to the findings of peer-reviewed literature and best practices but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning.Intentionally brief, the book is intended to: summarize recent research on five aspects of desirable difficulties; provide applications to the college classroom based on this research; include special sections about teaching strategies that are based on best practices; and offer annotated bibliographies and important citations for faculty who want to pursue additional study. The book will provide a foundation for instructors to teach using evidence-based strategies that will strengthen learning and retention in their classrooms.In addition to chapters on the desirable difficulties, the book also includes chapters on teaching first-year and at-risk students to embrace this approach, on negotiating student resistance, and on using this approach in teaching online. |
| Authors: | Diane Cummings Persellin, Mary Blythe Daniels |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Learning, Psychology of, Motivation in education, Effective teaching, Success--Psychological aspects |
| Categories: | EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This concise guidebook on desirable difficulties is designed to be a resource for academics who are interested in engaging students according to the findings of peer-reviewed literature and best practices but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning.Intentionally brief, the book is intended to: summarize recent research on five aspects of desirable difficulties; provide applications to the college classroom based on this research; include special sections about teaching strategies that are based on best practices; and offer annotated bibliographies and important citations for faculty who want to pursue additional study. The book will provide a foundation for instructors to teach using evidence-based strategies that will strengthen learning and retention in their classrooms.In addition to chapters on the desirable difficulties, the book also includes chapters on teaching first-year and at-risk students to embrace this approach, on negotiating student resistance, and on using this approach in teaching online. |
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| ISBN: | 9781620365007 9781620365014 9781003442721 9781000971606 9781000976885 |
