The study of science involves learning the processes of science as well as its content. The recent revival of interest in developing thinking skills has encouraged added emphasis on process skills instruction. A science teacher wanting to add instruction of process skills is faced with several problems: (1) texts and lab manuals are not likely to…

This book, written from a British perspective, offers several sets of teaching strategies at the university level strategies for acquiring information, for working with information to enhance understanding, for confirming learning, and for student self-management. In the first part, "Learning and Teaching at University," chapters cover various…