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TABLE 1

Instructor Strength Embodiment of Bain’s Unifying Principles

Bain’s Unifying Principles	Description	Connection to the Instructor Strengths
Create a natural critical learning environment	Kindling student motivation to learn through the intellectual stimulation associated with interesting learning tasks	The education lab experience and the practice of psychology skills captured students’ interest, and in the process, facilitated learning. Growth-focused feedback stimulated students’ desire to learn. Education class collaboration opportunities mirrored the classroom environment in which students will find themselves in the future.
Get their attention and keep it	An intentional effort to get and sustain student attention	Each day in the early childhood classroom and each psychological strategy provided a novel experience that recaptured students’ attention. The relational nature of the elementary education classroom further facilitated this theme. Students felt feedback helped them build toward greater learning. Collaboration sustained interest of students who enjoy that interaction.
Start with the students rather than the discipline	Centering the student in the experience	The experiences for all courses centered the student and their perceptions, the education courses through students gaining experience in their future careers as educators and the psychology course through providing strategies with the potential to assist students in their daily lives. Good course structure sets the foundation for students to engage in the course with confidence rather than frustration. Meaningful feedback centers the student and their experience, stressing their importance in the teaching and learning process.
Seek Commitments	Active student investment in the learning	Participation in the education lab experiences requires student commitment to travel to their site. In the psychology class, students make an intentional decision about whether to fully engage in the psychology strategies. Collaboration with others required student commitment.
Help students learn outside of class	Assignments and activities that help students continue their learning outside of the class environment.	The education lab experiences and psychological strategies facilitated learning outside of the classroom. Instructor responsiveness facilitates student learning outside of class. A positive student-instructor relationship helps students feel comfortable in contacting the instructor for assistance.
Engage students in disciplinary thinking	Engaging intellectual skills to form deductions	The experiences helped students ponder their class learning and form perspectives about the utility of the information. Collaboration opportunities engaged students in disciplinary thinking.
Create diverse learning experiences	Providing a variety of ways to engage in class learning	The experiences broadened the diversity of course experiences. Collaboration opportunities enhanced diverse learning experiences for the education courses.

Bain’s Unifying Principles	Description	Connection to the Instructor Strengths
Create a natural critical learning environment	Kindling student motivation to learn through the intellectual stimulation associated with interesting learning tasks	The education lab experience and the practice of psychology skills captured students’ interest, and in the process, facilitated learning. Growth-focused feedback stimulated students’ desire to learn. Education class collaboration opportunities mirrored the classroom environment in which students will find themselves in the future.
Get their attention and keep it	An intentional effort to get and sustain student attention	Each day in the early childhood classroom and each psychological strategy provided a novel experience that recaptured students’ attention. The relational nature of the elementary education classroom further facilitated this theme. Students felt feedback helped them build toward greater learning. Collaboration sustained interest of students who enjoy that interaction.
Start with the students rather than the discipline	Centering the student in the experience	The experiences for all courses centered the student and their perceptions, the education courses through students gaining experience in their future careers as educators and the psychology course through providing strategies with the potential to assist students in their daily lives. Good course structure sets the foundation for students to engage in the course with confidence rather than frustration. Meaningful feedback centers the student and their experience, stressing their importance in the teaching and learning process.
Seek Commitments	Active student investment in the learning	Participation in the education lab experiences requires student commitment to travel to their site. In the psychology class, students make an intentional decision about whether to fully engage in the psychology strategies. Collaboration with others required student commitment.
Help students learn outside of class	Assignments and activities that help students continue their learning outside of the class environment.	The education lab experiences and psychological strategies facilitated learning outside of the classroom. Instructor responsiveness facilitates student learning outside of class. A positive student-instructor relationship helps students feel comfortable in contacting the instructor for assistance.
Engage students in disciplinary thinking	Engaging intellectual skills to form deductions	The experiences helped students ponder their class learning and form perspectives about the utility of the information. Collaboration opportunities engaged students in disciplinary thinking.
Create diverse learning experiences	Providing a variety of ways to engage in class learning	The experiences broadened the diversity of course experiences. Collaboration opportunities enhanced diverse learning experiences for the education courses.