Enhancing teaching through constructive alignment
1996/10/01 by John Biggs · 3,842 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Centrality #Computer science #Constructive #Constructivism (international relations) #Constructivist teaching methods #Curriculum #Educational psychology #Evaluation of Teaching Practices #Higher education #Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods #Instructional design #Learning theory #Mathematics education #Online and Blended Learning #Pedagogy #Process (computing) #Psychology #Teaching method #Unit (ring theory)
paper · doi:10.1007/bf00138871
published in Higher Education 32(3), 347-364 (Springer Science+Business Media)
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