A Concise Guide to Teaching With Desirable Difficulties

By Mary Blythe Daniels and Diane Cummings Persellin

This concise guidebook on desirable difficulties is designed to be a resource for academics who are interested in engaging students according to the findings of peer-reviewed literature and best practices but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning.Intentionally brief, the book is intended to: summarize recent research on five aspects of desirable difficulties; provide applications to the college classroom based on this research; include special sections about teaching strategies that are based on best practices; and offer annotated bibliographies and important citations for faculty who want to pursue additional study. The book will provide a foundation for instructors to teach using evidence-based strategies that will strengthen learning and retention in their classrooms.In addition to chapters on the desirable difficulties, the book also includes chapters on teaching first-year and at-risk students to embrace this approach, on negotiating student resistance, and on using this approach in teaching online.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620365006
• ISBN13: 9781620365007
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"