Product Description: Designed to present some of the current research on student motivation, cognition, and learning, this book serves as a festschrift for Wilbert J. McKeachie who has been a leading figure in college teaching and learning. The contributions to this volume were written by former students, colleagues and friends...read more

Product Description: What's the difference between studying hard and studying well? Why do some "good" students do so poorly on homework and tests? What instruction methods will encourage students to take a more active role in their learning? Illustrated with teaching strategies and vignettes, this volume answers those questions with an empirically validated and classroom tested model of strategic learning...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume reflects current research on the cognitive strategies of autonomous learning. Topics such as metacognition, attribution theory, self-efficacy, direct instruction, attention, and problem solving are discussed by leading researchers in learning and study strategies...read more