Teaching Styles

Any conversation about effective teaching must begin with a consideration of how students learn. However, instructors may find a gap between resources that focus on the technical research on learning and those that provide practical classroom strategies. How Learning Works provides the bridge for such a gap. Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this book introduces seven general principles of how students learn.

Overviews of each Old Testament book with an introduction to the New Testament and the "Gospel of Matthew". Written in an easy teaching style, it serves as a Bible resource and guided tour for listeners who are new to the Bible, or new to Christianity. This audiobook was written and recorded to tell the world of God’s greatness and his goodness. It was written with family and friends in mind who needed a guide through the Old Testament so that its fulfillment in Jesus would make more sense to them.

Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry - curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure - devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.