Sandra McGuire's methods can transform students from memorizers and regurgitators to students who begin to thing critically and take responsibility for their own learning. While stressing that there are many ways to teach effectively, and that readers can be flexible in picking and choosing among the strategies she presents, she offers the reader a step-by-step process for delivering the key messages of the book to students in as little as 50 minutes.

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Saundra's journey. From traditional instructor to academic transformer 2. Why don't our students already know how to learn? 3. Metacognition. What it is and how it helps students become independent learners 4. The power of teaching Bloom's Taxonomy and the Study Cycle to students 5. Metacognitive learning strategies at work 6. Mindset matters 7. Connections between emotions, motivation, and learning 8. What faculty can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning 9. What students can do to boost motivation, positive emotions, and learning 10. Partnering with your campus learning center 11. Teaching learning strategies to groups 12. Teaching unprepared students Epilogue- Experiment and have fun! Appendix A. Compilation of strategies for students Appendix B. Books and weblinks recommended for students Appendix C. Compilation of strategies for instructors Appendix D. Resources for presenting learning strategies to groups Appendix E. Learning strategies inventory Appendix F. Dramatic individual student improvement Appendix G. Selected student feedback Appendix H. Slides from Chemistry Presentation Appendix I. An Advanced Placement physics class References About the Authors Index