What's
Different in the Classroom
Learner-centered education makes the learner - not the professor
- the center of classroom activities. The following are some
of the strategies that we use in the classroom.
CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORKS
Conceptual frameworks help students organize their knowledge
and see the "big picture." For example, the concept
map shows all the major concepts in the course and how they're
related. Writing narratives can also help students organize
their knowledge while engaging another mode of learning. (The
navigation for this site in organized in the form of a concept
map)
ACTIVE
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Active learning strategies increase class participation and
student engagement. Picker
Engineering faculty use a variety of hands-on activities,
such as discovery-based learning, group problem-solving, and
peer teaching, in the classroom.
METACOGNITIVE
APPROACHES
Metacognitive approaches means educating students to become
international learners. For example, students make choices,
such as selecting the homework problems that cover concepts
they need to practice, and reflect on the learning process by
writing about what they did well in the course and what they
want to improve. The idea is to empower students to take control
of their own learning.
