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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Teaching and Learning – Instructional Roles: The Relationship between Student and Teacher  Barbara Gross Davis, University of California Berkeley – Tools for Teaching: Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion "Knowing a few faculty members well enhances students' intellectual commitment and encourages them to think about their own values and future plans." Chickering, A. & Gamson, Z. 1987, "Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education", Reprinted by Honolulu Community College, viewed 20 June 2007, URL: http://aahebulletin.com/public/archive/sevenprinciples1987.asp "Unlike a more traditional approach to instruction, learning communities foster the social construction of knowledge, cooperative learning, active learning, an emphasis on integration and synthesis of diverse student perspectives, as well as student-student, student-staff, and staff-staff collaboration." Stefanou, C. & Salisbury-Glennon, J. 2002, "Developing motivation and cognitive learning strategies through an undergraduate learning community", Learning Environments Research, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 78.
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