We are all interested in teaching strategies and tactics that really work, that are based in solid research.   The teaching strategy

du jour may be interesting, but the question we keep coming back to is this: "Does the literature support it?"   We talk a lot about 'active learning' and it can sound faddish.    But, what we mean by active learning is that it is students who do the work of learning, and our goal as instructors and learning designers is to facilitate their active engagement with the content.    In this sense, there is nothing really new about active learning--we are merely advocating proven approaches to instruction.   

 

    The researchers at Carnegie Mellon's Eberly Center propose seven key research-based principles for teaching that we endorse.    In the pages linked below, we present the seven principles exactly as the Eberly Center articulated them, and then in some cases discuss their application in practical contexts.   

 

THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES:​

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     [Click on icon with each principle to view more]

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