Selected Links: Student Learning Contracts and Student Responsibility for Learning
- Prof. Gary H. Jones, Western Carolina University
LEARNING CONTRACT links
Description and Overview of Learning Contracts (De Montfort University, England) http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/teaching/learning_contracts.htm
Definition, brief description, advantages/disadvantages, selected additional resources
(University of Western Australia)
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/altmodes/to_delivery/learning_contracts.html
http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/NEWSLETTER/ISSUE0600/responsibility.html
General discussion of Learning Contracts (ESL focus, but general enough to be useful)
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Schwarzer-Contracts.html
Mentor/Mentee “Learning Contracts” (loosely defined) regarding selected internet: courses
http://www1.esc.edu/personal/fmendelsohn/contract.html
"Research Learning Contracts - A Formula for Successful Undergraduate Research Experiences"
Some good suggestions from the Council on Undergraduate Research
http://www.cur.org/conferences/cur2002summaries/R22.html
A good, brief, outline (basic template) of what a Learning Contract contains (Madigan Army Medical Center) http://www.usafp.org/Fac_Dev/Teaching_Topics/Learning%20Contract/Learning-Contracts.htm
Using Learning Contracts in the Classroom
Good Michigan State article, with references
http://www.msu.edu/user/coddejos/contract.htm
“Assessment As A Learning Process: Using Learning Contracts”
Appears to be a very solid chapter in an e-book from Elsevier (PDF format)
http://www.elsevier-international.com/e-books/pdf/328.pdf
Teaching Tips – Excellent Site from Illinois State
http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/teaching_tips/
Syllabus Checklist, Learning Contracts, and more… (note the NEA links)
http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/teaching_tips/syllabi.shtml
BOOKS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR LEARNING
AAHE ARTICLE http://www.aahe.org/assessment/joint.htm
Iowa State reference to AAHE report http://www.cte.iastate.edu/newsletter/jan99/shared.html
Catalysts, Action Plans, and Considerations, with some technology considerations
(University of Washington)
http://catalyst.washington.edu/method/responsible.html
Nice quotes concerning student responsibility for learning http://www.chemistrycoach.com/stud.htm
Facilitating responsibility (adult ed oriented, but useful for undergrads as well) http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed451841.html
“Take Responsibility for Learning”
-- A Lesson Plan
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/pdf/ls/Week1_Lesson4.pdf
Student Responsibility, from Penn State
http://www.bklv.psu.edu/faculty/circles/circle1/Student_Responsibilities_Final1.doc
http://www.minich.com/education/psu/cplusplus/studentresponsibilities.pdf
Assign students responsibility for learning (take note, writing instructors) http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Responsibility013.htm
College student responsibility for learning (from perhaps 40/60 as a freshman to 60/40 as an upper-level student)
“Accepting Responsibility for Student Learning”
As in, FACULTY accepting greater responsibility for student learning.
This article, by the president of Palomar College, describes a shift from the “Instruction Paradigm” to the “Learning Paradigm” and reminds faculty of their responsibility to foster a pedagogical environment where students are truly encouraged to learn (and, in the context of this Web page, maximize opportunities for students to take their fair share of responsibility for that learning)
http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/seminars/OTH/Boggs.html
Alverno College, “Taking Responsibility for Student Learning” (short write-up on NEA Web site on how responsibility for student learning must be shared; no references)
http://www.nea.org/he/advo02/advo0402/feature.html
Students Taking Responsibility for Their Own Learning
Note the link to the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory’s “Critical Issue: Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals”
http://www.learnercentereded.org/Courses/RSL/Module1.htm
Lifelong Learning: “Take Responsibility for Your Learning”
With emphasis here on TIME MANAGEMENT (PDF file from UT)
http://cls.coe.utk.edu/pdf/ls/Week3_Lesson16.pdf
“Turning Teaching Into Learning: The Role of Student Responsibility in the Collegiate Experience” – short article from National Teaching and Learning Forum, with references.
And note reference to CSEQ survey.
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/93-8dig.htm
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
ONLINE SURVEY for faculty: NCRELS Indicators of Engaged Learning http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/profile/profeng.htm
ACPA (American College Personnel Assn) Some good links concerning student responsibility for learning
http://www.acpa.nche.edu/pubs/public.htm
http://www.acpa.nche.edu/seniorscholars/trends/trends4.htm
Journal of College Student Development
Sample business syllabuses
http://www.tsum.edu/DL/learningcontracts/ban1101.htm
http://www.tsum.edu/DL/learningcontracts/ban3382.htm