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Learner Development: Beyond the Technology.
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Hardy, Darcy Walsh; Boaz, Mary H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
A 1996 survey of distance learners asked whether college administrators understood their needs as distance students. Respondents, primarily nontraditional students, complained most often about nontechnical issues such as materials distribution, overall communication, financial considerations, and knowledge of the institution's policies and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Nontraditional Students
Student Motivation and Epistemological Beliefs.
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Paulsen, Michael B.; Feldman, Kenneth A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Research and theory suggest that college students' motivation to learn is related to their epistemological beliefs. Faculty can promote student motivation by designing learning activities that facilitate student development of more sophisticated epistemological beliefs. Faculty developers can assist in this by giving special attention to the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Epistemology
Freedom Transformed: Toward a Developmental Model for the Construction of Collaborative Learning Environments.
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Hamilton, Sharon J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1994
A developmental model for collaborative learning at the college level, based on the notion of the development of expertise, is outlined. Five stages are described: (1) the learning of rules, techniques, and strategies; (2) applying the techniques and strategies to the particular teaching context; (3) developing competence; (4) becoming proficient;…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Competence
Work, Reflection, and Community: Conditions That Support Writing Self-Evaluations.
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Eaton, Marie; Pougiales, Rita – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
When college courses and classrooms are consciously designed to foster self-evaluation, critical shifts occur in student autonomy and responsibility. Three elements that transform the school experience into meaningful learning include encouraging student "ownership" of their work; promoting reflection on that work; and creating a sense…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction
Learning Self-Evaluation: Challenges for Students.
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MacGregor, Jean – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
Self-evaluation is unfamiliar to most college students. Teachers can use varied approaches to support students in overcoming unfamiliarity with self-evaluation, lack of confidence in describing learning, writing difficulties, evaluation difficulties, discomfort discussing academic problems, cultural bias against self-evaluation, emotional…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Culture Conflict