Category: Reading

Reviews and summaries of books and articles I’ve read.

Eyler vs. Ambrose: Epic Rap Battle!

This spring I read How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Norman, Ambrose, DiPietro, Lovett, and Bridges (2023) and How Humans Learn by Joshua Eyler…

A child in a yellow coat looking up at a yellow wall painted with the message "believe in yourself"

Nilson’s “Creating Self-Regulated Learners”

As part of my spring professional development I read Linda B. Nilson’s book Creating Self-Regulated Learners. The use of the word “self-regulated” intrigued me. In Social Work we…

Parker Palmer’s “The Courage to Teach”

I found reading this book to be like drifting down a big beautiful mountain river, not unlike the cover image. The vistas are huge! The hillsides are covered…

A diagram of Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning Outcomes (2013)

Writing effective learning outcomes

I have been reading and thinking about Learning Outcomes, Alignment and Backward Design as I work away on a module for an upcoming course for instructors offered by…

Bird's eye view of three people working at a laptop together.

Maryellen Weimer’s “Learner-Centered Teaching”

This month I read Maryellen Weimer’s Learner-centered teaching; Five key changes to practice (2013). This book is one of the foundational texts in teaching and learning and came…