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Teaching for Deeper Understanding and Lifelong Learning

^* Geology Department
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105, USA
E-mail: wirth{at}macalester.edu

A growing body of research confirms that active approaches to learning offer many advantages over traditional instructional methods, including improved retention of information, conceptual understanding, and problem-solving skills. Content coverage in active-learning courses can be facilitated through careful selection and design of activities that guide student learning. Importantly, activities should engage groups of students in cooperative questioning, problem solving, analytical reasoning, and critical thinking. Focused instruction and reflection on thinking and learning help students develop as intentional learners.

KEYWORDS: active learning, problem-based learning, cooperative learning, mineralogy, petrology

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