Principles of Good Practice in Education

1. Encourages contact between students and faculty, especially contact focused on the academic agenda.
2. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students, i.e., teaching students to work productively with others.
3. Encourages active learning, i.e., doing and thinking about the learning process.
4. Gives prompt feedback and helps students understand how to respond.
5. Emphasizes time on task by providing repeated useful, productive, guided practice.
6. Communicates high expectations and encourages students to have high self-expectations.
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning and engenders respect of intellectual diversity.

Adapted from Gamson, Z. and Chickering, A. “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.” AAHE Bulletin, March 1987, pp. 5-10.