Part I: Building the foundation for an approach to active learning -- What is learning and how does it occur? -- Meaningful learning and problem solving in science -- A model for the learning environment -- Part II: Roles for the teacher in creating an active learning environment -- Defining the output state -- Assessing the input state: the teacher as diagnostician -- Moving from the input the output state: the learning experience -- Part III: Creating active learning environments -- Preparing students to participate in an active learning environment -- Creating an active learning environment in the science lecture hall -- Promoting active learning the "conference foom" -- Helping the learner to learn in the student laboratory -- New approaches to science learning: cooperative and collaborative learning -- Part IV: Assessment of student performance -- How do I know it's working? -- The teacher as a reflective practitioner -- Part V: Summing Up -- The challenges of helping the learner to learn -- Building a community of active learning practitioners -- The bottom line

1. Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
2. Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary)