Participants were given the background of the two students, their comparative grades, information on the students' class participation and the teacher's decision making. The ensuing discussion elicited emotional as well as practical responses. Altier described his use of case studies as a part of a larger strategy that uses lectures, readings, written assignments, and discussions, all of which serve to prepare students for the work of a case study. He acknowledged that it requires careful planning, including clear objectives, an appropriate case that is both authentic and complex, and anticipation of the class discussion. The teacher has to get ahead of what might happen, which requires a good sense of the students, their experiences, and what they know.
Evaluation includes the students' preparation, participation, and post case-study written work.
DA Teaching Strategies for Learning Styles Laura McLachlin and Brett Eldredge Recreation Laura McLachlin and Brett Eldredge, teaching colleagues in Recreation, are also life colleagues who are married to each other and are the parents of a daughter. Eldredge and McLachlin decided that taking their daughter to environments where she could not experience success was really not fair to her. They began looking at the learning environment they were creating at home. Their research into learning styles and what they discovered became part of their own teaching strategies. The key seems to be, not that you must choose one particular typology, but that it is important to understand the idea of learning style, choose a typology that works for you, and use it to inform your teaching.