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DescriptionCognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, and biologists all haveproduced a revealing body of research over the past several decades onhow human beings learn, but often translating these findings into theclassroom is overwhelming for busy instructors. Small Teaching bridgesthe gap between research and practice by providing a fully developedstrategy for making deliberate, structured, and incremental stepstowards tuning into how your students are hardwired to learn. Developedby a global authority on teaching and learning, the practice of 'smallteaching' enables every type of educator in all disciplines to energizeand boost student understanding by introducing small activities thatrequire minimal preparation and grading. The models inside arespecifically designed to be used as both one-time experiences toinnovate a course session or unit plan as well as a menu of options thatcan be combined into an entirely new teaching approach. Each chaptergives examples of how a particular learning phenomenon appears ineveryday life, supporting research and findings, up to five smallteachingmodels, guidance for customizing your own models, and quickreferencefeatures when you need inspiration fifteen minutes beforeclass. Small teaching techniques include brief classroom or onlinelearning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications incourse design or communication with students that let you: Capture orrecapture the students' attention, provide quick opportunities forstudent engagement, and introduce or wrap up new learning Deepen studentunderstanding of material and expand their ability to analyze andimprove their own learning Give students the tools, techniques, andprinciples to effectively practice a range of cognitive skills SmallTeaching gives you all the know-how and how-to for making bigimprovements to your learning environment. Read more Praise for smallTEACHING 'The deft way that Lang positions his learning recommendationsas 'micro' changes will make this book catch on like wildfire in highereducation.' â€•Victoria Mondelli, executive director, TeachingExcellence & Engaged Learning, Mercy College 'Small Teaching is packedwith ideas that will have you highlighting like mad. But this is no merecollection of tipsâ€•instead, it's a powerful, coherent frameworkaligned to the realities of teaching in higher education today.'â€•Michelle Miller, director, First Year Learning Initiative, UniversityCollege, and professor, Northern Arizona University 'Lang's book offerswhat so many faculty members want and need: small-scale changes that can
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