Learning-through-Diversity in Action clusters are sets of LTDA examples related to a fully developed LTDA case. Jennifer Knight's case is based on "Learning Styles" as are the examples of implementation from Will Robinson and Hemayat Ullah.
Abstract: Jenny Knight has developed a student-centered classroom in which she uses a variety of teaching methods and activities to reach students across an array of learning style preferences. Knight talks about the evolution of her course from a more traditional, lecture-centered classroom to a classroom where students needs are central.
Read about Jennifer Knight's LTDA case
Read about Jennifer Knight's LTDA case
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Aspects of Diversity Addressed: Learning Styles
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Aspects of Diversity Addressed: Learning Styles
Jennifer Knight is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Jennifer works in two main areas; course transformation and science education research. She has been using and encouraging others to use interactive techniques in biology courses for more than 4 years. In particular, she focuses on the use of learning goals, group work, clickers, in class problem solving and "just in time teaching." Most recently, she has been studying how non-majors and majors learn genetics.