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Figure 1 Structure of a Learning Experience in Learning to Learn: Becoming a Self-Grower

Pre-activity                            In-class activity                Post-activity

On My Own                               In My Class                      My Learning & Growth

    Purpose                                 Why                              Challenge
    Objectives                              Learning Objectives              Tools/Worksheets
    Discovery Exercise                      Performance Criteria             Preparation
    Readings                                Plan                             Problems to Solve
    Resources                               Resources                        My Life Vision
    Exploration Questions                   Models                           Self-Assessment
    Am I Ready for Class?                   Critical Thinking Questions
                                            Worksheets

learned at the level of problem solving. This combination of      Mathematics (3rd ed.) (Fremeau, 2006), Foundations of
a pre, post-, and in-class activity is referred to as a learning  Learning (4th ed.) (Redfield & Hurley Lawrence, 2009),
experience and its structure is shown in Figure 1 (Apple,         Solving Real Problems with Chemistry (Goodwin, Slusher,
Morgan & Hintze 2013).                                            Gilbert & Hanson 2009), Foundations of Biochemistry (4th
                                                                  ed.) (Loestscher, Minderhout & Frato, 2015), Foundations
These advancements are seen in the latest round of activity       of Algebra: Active Learning Textbook (Ellis, Teeguarden,
books and activities embedded in textbooks (shown in              Apple & Hintze, 2013), and Quantitative Reasoning and
Figure 2): Enterprise (Newgren, 2006), Foundations                Problem Solving (Ellis, Apple, Watts, Hintze, Teeguarden,
of Chemistry (4th ed.) (Hanson, 2010), Foundations of             Cappetta, & Burke, 2014).

Figure 2 Current Activity Books (2016)

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