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Grunert, Judith – 1997
Based on the assumption that good teaching helps students understand how to actively acquire, use, and extend knowledge in an ongoing learning process, this guide presents strategies for constructing learning-centered course syllabi. Following prefatory materials, part 1 reviews implications of shifting from traditional syllabi, which focus on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization
Peer reviewedSchamel, Douglas; Ayres, Matthew P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1992
Describes how college science laboratory activities can be developed by student teams in which original questions are formulated as testable hypotheses and refined into experimental designs on the basis of personal observations. Distinguishes this "minds-on" approach from traditional college science laboratories with respect to students'…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Science, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
