Teaching and Learning STEM - A Practical Guide

A trove of practical research-based strategies for designing and teaching courses as well as assessing students’ learning. Engaging and well-illustrated descriptions will equip you to implement the strategies in your courses and to deal effectively with problems (including student resistance) that might occur in the implementation. The strategies presented don’t require revolutionary time-intensive changes in your teaching, but rather a gradual integration of traditional and new methods. The result will be continual improvement in your teaching and your students’ development of expert problem-solving, communication, creative thinking, critical thinking, high-performance teamwork, and self-directed learning skills. 336 pages.