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The high touch classroom: small group learning in large class contexts. (The scholarship of teaching and learning).
Abstract
This paper identifies the challenges of teaching in the large classroom context and presents strategies that may be employed to address these concerns. We offer instructional suggestions and practical examples that are designed to enhance student-centered learning, facilitate a personalized teaching and learning environment, and help to make the large class "feel" and operate like the small one, even for the `super class'.
Introduction
Over the last decade in North America, a number of factors have radically shifted the nature of teaching and learning in higher education. The computer-assisted information revolution has brought with ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The high touch classroom: small group learning in large class...