Beatrice L. Bridglall Kenneth I. Maton Susan Layden
Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing awareness of increases in time-to-degree and declines in attainment rates for many students, including those who are underrepresented, in our nation's community and public and private colleges and universities. It is also demonstrated vis-a-vis recent findings that more than a third of college students evinced no noticeable improvement in critical thinking, writing, and complex reasoning skills after four years as an undergraduate. These...
Concerns with how students are taught, and whether and how they learn, has become particularly salient in higher education. This is evident in growing...