Knowing and Reasoning in College

Download or read book Knowing and Reasoning in College written by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1992-10-09 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baxter Magolda uses data gathered from in-depth interviews over a five-year period to reveal four distinct "ways of knowing." These range from the most basic - in which learning is a question of acquiring information and repeating - to the most complex - in which students evaluate a variety of opinions before finally forming their own. In an innovative approach, the author presents direct excerpts from interviews with students, allowing us to "hear" their experiences in their own words - and offers rich data about the current realities of learning in college. The book provides useful real-life examples of how instructional approaches, class expectations, peer interaction, evaluation methods, and other factors affect intellectual development in the classroom.