CHAPTER FOUR A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO THE LEARNING CYCLE

Suppose you are preparing to teach a new college course this year. Assume that this course is designed to serve students who have career goals other than to become college professors. We would like you to consider what teaching strategies you will use to teach such students. Please write down your responses to the following questions: How do you select the content to be covered in the course? If you have decided upon the content, how do you decide among the various teaching methods such as lecture-recitation, discussion, group projects, Keller Plan (or PSI), or audio-tutorial schemes? How do you evaluate the preparation of your students for this course? If you find that they have the content prerequisites for your course, how do you know that they possess the reasoning skills that you will demand? What activities can you use to help your students improve their reasoning skills? What evidence do you have that your course will assist students in improving their reasoning skills? II. INVENTIO