A classroom climate that fosters thoughtful and respectful consideration of alternative viewpoints and ideas, personal ownership of learning, and individual construction of personally meaningful knowledge.

To facilitate the collaborative construction of the above learning environment via attention to the following:

• whole and small group dynamics;
• increased literacy in academic discourse (comprehension and production, oral and written); and
• opportunities for active engagement with course content and materials.

 

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Last updated: July 30, 2002