Conscious overcoming of anxiety and other obstacles, whether they are associated with specific problems in learning or difficulties in approaching intellectual work general. The creation of rich, nuanced questions and answers from within the student's own understanding, especially where the process of inquiry and investigation becomes a valued tool of learning. Demonstration of learning across a curriculum, not just within particular courses. Only then can the student be known to move in areas of excellence as a broad thinker. A summary view of this looks at student learning along a continuum.
Good students can achieve technical mastery of the skills of a course or a discipline.
Very good learners exhibit an understanding of the principles and methods of a subject. Our discussion of teaching and learning excellence stressed the importance of interactions between student and material, between teacher and material, and between student and teacher. Student-teacher interactions are also critical in assessing learning and the effectiveness of teaching. One advantage of faculty observing students working in small groups is that this affords a greater opportunity for observing the actual process of learning. With this in mind, we prepared a list of a number of ways in which technology can affect the teaching and learning process.