Posts Tagged ‘student-centered learning’

Testing Knowledge–An Interesting Alternative

Posted Thursday, October 7th, 2010 by Maryellen Weimer

Sometimes we do get stuck in ruts—we use the same kinds of test questions: multiple-choice, short answer, maybe a few fill-in-the-blank, some matching and an occasional longer essay question. We forget there are other options. Here’s an example, initially proposed in 1990.

Transformative Learning

Posted Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 by Maryellen Weimer

I’m immersed in writing one of 34 chapters commissioned for a handbook on transformative learning. My chapter explores the relationship between learner-centered teaching and transformative learning. I am convinced the two are related, but I’ve never spent time trying to sort out the nature of that relationship. It’s a good project—I’m learning a lot, although I seem to be uncovering more questions than answers.