Three Trends in Teaching and Learning

Authors

  • Donald R. Woods McMaster University

Abstract

Great advancements have been made in how we 1) facilitate learning, 2) what we teach, and 3) the structure of knowledge that we memorize when we learn. To explore 1), over a dozen findings from research on how to facilitate learning are presented; 2) an increasing number of programs, process skills, and team skills are being developed; 3) realization that the context in which we learn new knowledge affects our ability to retrieve and use that knowledge effectively.  Relationships between these three trends and problem-based learning are illustrated.

Author Biography

Donald R. Woods, McMaster University

Don Woods is a professor of chemical engineering at McMaster University. He is a graduate of Queen's University and the University of Wisconsin. His teaching and research interests are in surface phenomena, plant design, cost estimation, and developing problem-solving skills.

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Published

1998-09-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 4 (1998): Fall 1998

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