How Learning Works

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<b>Apply these eight learning principles for more effective teaching</b><p>As educators in the ever-evolving landscape of higher education, we are continuously challenged to keep our courses effective, engaging, relevant, and inclusive. The updated and expanded second edition of<i>How Learning Works</i> can help! It incorporates the latest research, provides a wider range of strategies, and adds a new principle to your toolkit.<p>Readers will find eight essential learning principles that distill the overwhelming research literature into:<ul><li>Real-world teaching and learning scenarios</li><li>Examples that reflect a diverse set of teaching environments and learner populations</li><li>150 practical strategies you can apply to your teaching context</li></ul><p>With these practical, broadly applicable insights, you can:<ul><li>Understand why your successful teaching approaches work</li><li>Solve common teaching and learning problems</li><li>Adapt your teaching to new modalities (e.g., online, hybrid) and challenges</li><li>Ground your innovations in evidence-based practice</li></ul><p>Based on research from cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, education, anthropology, and morethis book<i>makes learning work</i>for you and your students.

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<p><b>Marsha C. Lovett, PhD,</b> is Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation and a Teaching Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.<p><b>Michael W. Bridges, PhD,</b> is Executive Director of the University Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Pittsburgh.<p><b>Michele DiPietro, PhD,</b> is Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and a Professor in the School of Data Science and Analytics at Kennesaw State University.<p><b>Susan A. Ambrose, DA,</b> is retired from Northeastern University, where she was Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation and a Professor of Education and History.<p><b>Marie K. Norman, PhD,</b> is Director of the Innovative Design for Education and Assessment (IDEA) Lab and Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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