Please Note: Effective August 30, 2011, the main office for the Center for Teaching and Faculty Development is located in Administration Building 452.

Helping Students to Learn
Have you ever tried discussing and demonstrating learning styles to your students? For many students, discovering how they best learn can be the foundation upon which they discover and develop a panoply of study strategies that can help them change the way they study and prepare for class. Knowing that “the term learning style refers to an individuals’ characteristic and preferred ways of gathering, interpreting, organizing and thinking about information” (B. Davis, Tools for Teaching. Jossey-Bass 1993, p. 185) can be an empowering moment for all students. Different people may have...
learning styles, student engagement, teaching strategy
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Student Learning Styles
Help your students asses their own learning and increase their learning effectiveness by finding out more about their own learning styles. Visit these resources to find out more. Index of Learning Styles This site has some interesting information on learning styles although the results page from the questionnaire is tough to read. Abiator's Online Learning Styles Inventory This Web site has several tests and tips for students on Learning Styles, Analytical/Global Thinker, and Multiple Intelligences. Best Educational E-Practices (BEEP) Project Eagle a St. Petersburg College is focused on the...
assessment, learning styles, links, resources, scholarship of teaching and learning, students, teaching
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