Enhancing Teaching Practice

Enhancing teaching through constructive alignment

Two lines of thinking are becoming increasingly important in higher educational practice. The first derives from constructivist learning theory, and the second from the instructional design literature. Constructivism comprises a family of theories but all have in common the centrality of the learner's activities in creating meaning. These and related ideas have important implications for teachi...

Enhancing Teaching of Engineering Mathematics

Teaching of mathematics to engineering students is an open ended problem in education. The main goal of mathematics learning for engineering students is the ability of applying a wide range of mathematical techniques and skills in their engineering classes and later in their professional work. Most of the undergraduate engineering students and faculties feels that no efforts and attempts are ma...

Enhancing Practice Effectiveness

Enhancing Good Teaching Practice in Control Education through Hypermedia Instruction and Web Support

1 Malgorzata S. Zywno, Ryerson University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, T217, Eric Palin Hall, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada, Phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 6105, Fax: 416-979-5280, Email: [email protected] Abstract  Poor teaching, especially in math, engineering and science programs, is the most common complaint among students, contributing to dropout rates....

A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Enhancing Academic Practice.

Generated Questions in the Teaching and Learning Process. Maxwell Constantine Chando Musingafi Marshall, S. (editors).A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: Enhancing academic practice.(3rd edition). New York. Pintrich and Garcia (1991) found that intrinsically motivated students did A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education enhancing academic. Two Required Tex...