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The Six Major Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive DomainCreating a Blueprint for the Constructivist Classroom By Virginia S. Lee of the Center for Teaching & Learning at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Published in The National Teaching and Learning Forum.1999. (Vol. 8, No. 4) How to Improve Teaching Quality Feldner, Richard M., & Brent, Rebecca. (1999) How to improve teaching qualtiy. Quality Management Journal 6(20), 9-21.Feldner and Brent are faculty members at North Carolina State University.Mid-way down the article has a section on tips for writing instructional objectives, using active learning in the classroom, and using cooperative learning techniques.CTL Learning Styles Learning styles links from Indiana State University Center for TeachingHow People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School This book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain. New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb.Index of Learning Styles The Index of Learning Styles is an instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman.Institute for Learning Styles The Institute for Learning Styles Research (ILSR) is a group of researchers, instructors, and individuals interested in the art and science of learning and teaching. The ILSR is a not-for-profit organization "dedicated to fostering research and development of learning and teaching." The particular area of interest is the matching of learning styles knowledge with teaching strategies and techniques. The Keirsey Character Sorter is designed to identify different kinds of personality. It is similar to other devices derived from Carl Jung's theory of "psychological types," such as the Myers-Briggs, the Singer-Loomis, and the Grey-Wheelright. The questionaire identifies four temperament types: Guardian ["SJ"], Artisan ["SP"], Idealist ["NF"], and Rational ["NT"].Learning Styles and Strategies This is a short document on implications of styles, directed to students.Matters of Style This is a background summary of Richard M. Felder's learning style model in relation to HBDI, Kolb and Myers-Briggs.New Students - New Learning Styles An article by Charles C. Schroeder who is Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The article appeared in Change September/October 1993.The article talks about the learning characteristics of today's students (using Myers-Briggs assessment tool), and how the learning patterns of today's students relate to student performance. It explores the mismatch between faculty and student characteristics and what can be done to bridge the gap.Resource Materials On Personality Typing This is a bibliography of books and journals TEACHING WRITING These papers are available for you to download from Microsoft in the form of Word documents. Topics include "Enabling Collaborative Pedagogies" and "Implementing the Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education." Political Science: Contemporary Problems in World Politics Spring 1997By: Professor BurchProvided by The National Teaching and Learning Forum. 1999.
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