How Students Learn: Learning Theories for College Teaching

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How this course works

You can read the pages in any order, and you do not have to mark a page complete to move to the next one. To earn your certificate, click Mark Complete on each lesson and topic as you finish it, then take the final quiz and score 85% or higher. When every page is complete and the quiz is passed, your certificate unlocks and you can download it anytime from the course page.

A practical, self-paced course. Work through the lessons in order and pass the final quiz to earn your certificate.

What you’ll be able to do by the end

  • Explain how memory and attention shape what students can learn.
  • Apply behaviorist ideas such as feedback and reinforcement.
  • Use constructivist principles to help students build understanding.
  • Support student motivation using established models.
  • Recognize evidence-based practice and set aside myths like learning styles.

Course Content

Lesson 1: The science of memory and attention 3 Topics
Lesson 2: Behaviorist roots 2 Topics
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Lesson 3: Constructing knowledge 3 Topics
Lesson 4: Motivation and the adult learner 4 Topics
Lesson 5: Self-direction and evidence-based teaching 2 Topics