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Teach students how to learn : strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation / Saundra Yancy McGuire with Stephanie McGuire ; foreword by Thomas A. Angelo.

McGuire, Saundra Yancy. (Author). McGuire, Stephanie, (author.).

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ISBN: 9781620363164 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 162036316X (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781620363157 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1620363151 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xx, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Foreword / Thomas A. Angelo -- Saundra's journey: from traditional instructor to academic transformer -- Why don't our students already know how to learn? -- Metacognition: what it is and how it helps students become independent learners -- The power of teaching Bloom's taxonomy and the study cycle to students -- Metacognitive learning strategies at work -- Mindset matters -- Connections between motivation, emotions, and learning -- What faculty can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning -- What students can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning -- Partnering with your campus learning center -- Teaching learning strategies to groups -- Teaching unprepared students -- Epilogue: Experiment and have fun! -- Appendixes: A. Compilation of strategies for students -- B. Books and web links recommended for students -- C. Compilation of strategies for instructors -- D. Resources for presenting learning strategies to groups -- E. Learning strategies inventory -- F. Dramatic individual student improvement -- G. Selected student feedback -- H. Slides from Chemistry presentation -- I. An advanced placement physics class.