How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

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Launa Gauthier

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Publisher Description: Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this book introduces seven general principles of how students learn. The authors have drawn on research from a breadth of perspectives (cognitive, developmental, and social psychology; educational research; anthropology; demographics; organizational behavior) to identify a set of key principles underlying learning, from how effective organization enhances retrieval and use of information to what impacts motivation. Integrating theory with real-classroom examples in practice, this book helps faculty to apply cognitive science advances to improve their own teaching.

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Gauthier, L. (2013). How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(1), 126–129. https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v14i1.4219
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Launa Gauthier, Queen's University

I am a first year PhD student in Education with a foucus on curriculum theory. My research program invovles using narrative and life history approaches to understanding teaching, across disciplines, in higher education. I also have an educational background in lifelong learning/adult education.