Teaching for Learning Gain in Higher Education - 9780367484965

Taylor & Francis

Teaching for Learning Gain in Higher EducationDeveloping Self-regulated Learners\nAuthor(s): Diane Montgomery\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367484965, 978-0367484965\nSynopsis\nWith practical advice that can be immediately applied to a higher education setting, Teaching for Learning Gain in Higher Education provides materials and methods specifically designed to improve teaching, learning and assessment for students in higher education through student-centric methods. Considering how to improve students learning strategies and thus their learning gain, this book answers key questions about how students can be helped to construct meaning and their own knowledge and knowledge hierarchies. Based on education and psychological theory, it examines nine cognitive approaches that have been tried and tested, and explores how motivation can be both set up and maintained. Unpacking the concept of learning gain to be b.