What are learner-centered teaching strategies?
Although we don’t expect our students to become expert information scientists, they can begin developing and applying the strategies used by professionals. According to Thompson, Licklider, and Jungst (2003), “a learner-centered approach to developing expertise requires purposeful and specific instruction that builds student capacity in these arenas”. They stress that learner-centered teaching strategies should: • contribute to the breadth and depth of content knowledge • assist students in learning how to organize knowledge around major concepts and principles • enhance retention and retrieval • contribute to student development of metacognitive abilities, among other things. Meaningful learning occurs when students are able to see the relevance of knowledge and skills and can apply these for successful problem solving. According to Mayer and Wittrock (1996) transfer is the ability to use what was learned to solve new problems, answer new questions, or facilitate learning new subject
