Loren Rochester's List: Ed Theory

• 1.  Good Practice Encourages Contacts Between Students and Faculty
    Frequent student-faculty contact in and out of class is a most  important factor in student motivation and involvement.
• 2.  Good Practice Develops Reciprocity and Cooperation Among Students
• Learning  is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Good learning, like good  work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated. Working with others often  increases involvement in learning. Sharing one’s ideas and responding to others’  improves thinking and deepens understanding.
• 3.  Good Practice Uses Active Learning Techniques
• Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn  much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments,  and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write reflectively  about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives. They must make  what they learn part of themselves.
• 4.  Good Practice Gives Prompt Feedback
• Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses your learning. In  getting started, students need help in assessing their existing knowledge and competence.  Then, in classes, students need frequent opportunities to perform and receive feedback on  their performance. At various points during college, and at its end, students need chances  to reflect on what they have learned, what they still need to know, and how they might  assess themselves.
• 5.  Good Practice Emphasizes Time on Task
• Time plus energy equals learning
• 6.  Good Practice Communicates High Expectations
    Expect more and you will get it.
• 7.  Good Practice Respects Diverse Talents and Ways of Learning
    Many roads lead to learning.

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