ABSTRACT

This manual offers tutors and teachers 500 practical suggestions covering such topics as negotiating learning agreements, helping the learner to use a mentor and helping the learner to benefit from a tutorial. The text should be beneficial to those planning new courses.

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Part 1 General Study Skills

chapter 2|2 pages

Helping learners explore how they learn

chapter 5|2 pages

Helping learners find the questions

chapter 6|2 pages

Learning more from reading

chapter 7|2 pages

Making time for reflection

chapter 8|4 pages

Helping learners prepare for vivas

part |1 pages

Part 2 Starting Off, and Working Together

chapter 10|2 pages

Sharing the syllabus

chapter 11|2 pages

Learning names

chapter 13|2 pages

Helping learners benefit from seminars

chapter 14|2 pages

Helping learners participate in seminars

chapter 15|2 pages

Encouraging peer-support groups

chapter 16|2 pages

Helping learners learn from each other

chapter 17|2 pages

Helping learners use mentors

chapter 18|2 pages

Being an expert witness

part |1 pages

Part 3 Lectures and Written Work

chapter 21|2 pages

Handling other people’s bad teaching

chapter 22|2 pages

Helping learners make notes

chapter 25|2 pages

Helping learners learn in laboratories

chapter 26|2 pages

Helping learners plan their projects

chapter 27|3 pages

Getting feedback from your learners

part |1 pages

Part 4 Learning Resources

chapter 28|2 pages

Writing open-learning materials

chapter 30|2 pages

Using videos to help learning

chapter 32|2 pages

Helping learners use computer conferencing

chapter 33|2 pages

Helping learners use the library

chapter 34|3 pages

Preparing interesting handouts

part |1 pages

Part 5 Various Kinds of Assessment

chapter 35|2 pages

Sharing assessment criteria

chapter 37|2 pages

Giving learners written feedback

chapter 38|2 pages

Giving learners verbal feedback

chapter 39|2 pages

Preparing learners for peer-assessment

chapter 40|6 pages

Preparing learners for self-assessment

chapter 41|2 pages

Negotiating learning agreements

chapter 42|2 pages

Helping learners revise productively

chapter 43|4 pages

Helping learners pass exams

part |1 pages

Part 6 Life Skills

chapter 45|2 pages

Helping learners cope with stress

chapter 46|2 pages

Recovering from two weeks off

chapter 47|2 pages

Recovering from failure

chapter 48|2 pages

Helping learners apply for jobs

chapter 49|2 pages

Helping learners prepare CVs

chapter 50|2 pages

Developing learners’ interview skills