Hamilton, Carole L., 1951-2016,
Critical thinking for better learning : new insights from cognitive science / Carole Hamilton. - xvii, 107 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102) and index.
Section I : How students learn best. 1. We learn through analogies -- -- Section II : Why much of our teaching is ineffective. 2. How we should (and should not) teach -- -- Section III : Teaching to the student's natural learning style. 3. Where to focus : identify threshold concepts -- 4. What to teach : choose topics and texts that exemplify threshold concepts -- 5. How to teach : design lessons that compel students to confront their misconceptions -- 6. How to assess : design ways to gauge students' critical thinking -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : How people learn -- Appendix B : Analogy as the core of cognition -- Appendix C : Student retention with schemas and analogies -- Appendix D : Threshold concepts and skills -- Appendix E : Sample threshold concepts and skills -- Appendix F : Sample student challenges -- Appendix G : How to assess critical thinking.
9781475827781 1475827784 9781475827798 1475827792 1475827806 9781475827804
2016015301
Critical thinking--Study and teaching.
Cognition.
Cognition.
Critical thinking--Study and teaching.
Lernpsychologie
Kognitive Psychologie
LB1590.3 / .H36 2016
370.15/24
Critical thinking for better learning : new insights from cognitive science / Carole Hamilton. - xvii, 107 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-102) and index.
Section I : How students learn best. 1. We learn through analogies -- -- Section II : Why much of our teaching is ineffective. 2. How we should (and should not) teach -- -- Section III : Teaching to the student's natural learning style. 3. Where to focus : identify threshold concepts -- 4. What to teach : choose topics and texts that exemplify threshold concepts -- 5. How to teach : design lessons that compel students to confront their misconceptions -- 6. How to assess : design ways to gauge students' critical thinking -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : How people learn -- Appendix B : Analogy as the core of cognition -- Appendix C : Student retention with schemas and analogies -- Appendix D : Threshold concepts and skills -- Appendix E : Sample threshold concepts and skills -- Appendix F : Sample student challenges -- Appendix G : How to assess critical thinking.
9781475827781 1475827784 9781475827798 1475827792 1475827806 9781475827804
2016015301
Critical thinking--Study and teaching.
Cognition.
Cognition.
Critical thinking--Study and teaching.
Lernpsychologie
Kognitive Psychologie
LB1590.3 / .H36 2016
370.15/24