VIII.+Bibliography

Student Differences

 * 1) [|"Understanding Student Differences."] //J. Engr. Education, 94//(1), 57-72 (2005). An exploration of differences in student learning styles, approaches to learning (deep, surface, and strategic), and levels of intellectual development, with recommended teaching practices to address all three categories.

General approaches

 * 1) [|Constructivist approaches to teaching and learning]
 * 2) [|Constructivist Learning Environment Survey]

Learning Styles

 * 1) [|Learning Styles and Inventory] - Felder & Silverman
 * 2) [|Learning Style Inventory]

Generational Characteristics

 * 1) [|Millennials Rising]

21st Century Learning

 * 1) Jukes, I. (2007). 21st Century Fluencies - Insta Audit. [Online]. Available @ http://web.mac.com/iajukes/thecommittedsardine/Handouts_files/tfcfia.pdf. Retrieved September 23rd, 2008.
 * 2) Miller, B., (2008). http://barbaramiller.wikispaces.com/. //note: this is a student wikispace for a workshop I taught this summer. Barb Miller does a nice job relating/comparing learning models with 21st century fluencies. This was a different course, but the outcomes for htis assignment were similar.//

Plausible Learning Models

 * 1) [|An Experiment Using Teacher-Centered Instruction versus Student-Centered Instruction as a Means of Teaching American Government to High School Seniors]
 * 2) [|Merrill's First Principles of Instruction]

Evaluating Instruction

 * 1) [|Assessing Problem Solving]

Instructional Strategies

 * 1) [|Tools & Strategies] //[An excellent site with various instructional tools and strategies. Alphabetically organized]//
 * 2) ====Activating Prior-knowledge====
 * [|ESOL Online]
 * 1) Engaging Learning
 * 2) Solving Real-world Problems
 * 3) Demonstrating new Knowledge
 * 4) Applying new knowledge
 * 5) Integrating new knowledge into learner's world

Inquiry Teaching Method
University of California Berkeley

Text(s)

 * 1) Oblinger & Oblinger (2007). [|Educating the Net Generation]. Educause.
 * 2) Iggulden & Iggulden (2007). [|The Dangerous Book for Boys],
 * 3) Buchanan & Peskowitz (2007). [|The Daring Book for Girls].
 * 4) "[|Dangerous Books for Girls]"
 * 5) Prensky, M. 2006. “Don’t Bother Me Mom – I’m Learning!”. Paragon Press. St. Paul, MN.
 * 6) Howe, J., Straus, W., & Matson, R.J. (2000). Millennials Rising – The Next Great Generation. Random House Publishing.