Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning Book

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; SECTION ONE: 1 Course (Re)design; 2 Scholarly Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; 3 Scholarly Design Process; 4 Professor; 5 Students; 6 Environment; 7 Content; SECTION TWO: 8 Facilitating Learning; 9 Biology of Learning; 10 Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle; 11 Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences; Styles of Learning and Teaching; 12 Cognitive Development of College Students; 13 Bloom Taxonomies; Motivation; 14 Metaphors for the Teaching; Learning Connection; 15 Ethics of Teaching; 16 Designing Learning Experiences; SECTION THREE: Assessing Learning; 17 Grading Schemes and Policies; 18 From Goals to Assessment.; 19 Building in Feedback: Classroom Assessment Techniques; 20 Tests and Blueprints; 21 Assignments and Rubrics; SECTION FOUR: Documenting Learning; 22 Syllabus; 23 Attachments; 24 Explanation of Design Choices; SECTION FIVE: Learning Resources and Planning Instruments; Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education; Learner-Centered Psychological Principles; Course Portfolio Design: Syllabus, Attachments, and Explanation; Revised Teaching Goals Inventory; Sample Teaching Goals by Bloom Levels; Grasha-Reichmann Student Learning Style Scales; Grasha Teaching Styles Inventory: Version 3.0; Instructional Script; Ethical Principles in University Teaching; Rubrics for Portfolio; References; Glossary of Course Design Terms; Index.