HOW LEARNING WORKS: SEVEN RESEARCH-BASED PRINCIPLES FOR SMART TEACHING focused on seven essential learning principles that explain student learning processes and how understanding them can faciliate effective teaching. This book provides instructors at all levels with "a bridge between research and practice, between teaching and learning" (p. 2). Its goal, then, is to assist teachers in gaining a better knowledge of the learning process so that they can become effective teachers in the classroom.
The book starts with eight appendices which provide concrete examples of how the teachers put the learning principles into practice, and how the concept of maps, rubrics, exam wrappers, checklists, and other devices can be used in the classroom.
The main text of the book presents theoretical basis of both learning and instructional science and discussed the seven principles of learning in detail. This book serves as a guiding concept to assist the teacher in efficient and different learning activities, especially at liberal arts colleges like NYU Abu Dhabi. Our students are exposed to content and discussions that are diverse, complicated, and multifaceted. How can professors and instructors effectively provide students with the learning opportunities they require to learn effectively? This book allows instructors to gain:
- A better knowledge of how the learning brain functions and how this relates to the possibility for improving student learning in the classroom.
- Practical strategies for integrating these findings into specific learning experiences that enhance and accelerate student learning
- Ideas for helping students understand how the brain works and strategies to allow them to take ownership of their own learning.