Focusing on Active, Meaningful Learning. IDEA Paper No. 34 [electronic resource] / Ann Stalheim-Smith.

This paper discusses active and meaningful learning and the application of this instructional approach to the college classroom, focusing on techniques used in the author's biology classes. Active and meaningful learning places emphasis on students actually doing things and thinking about what...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Stalheim-Smith, Ann
Corporate Author: Kansas State University. IDEA Center
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
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