Jeanne Chall on Key Differences Between Teacher-Centered and Student-Centered Instruction 2: What Should Be Emphasized—Product or Process?

“Teacher-Centered: Emphasis is on learning content and skills. Thinking and problem solving are learned with content.

Student-Centered: Emphasis is on process and how to solve problems—how to think. The content is less important than the process.”

 Excerpted from: Chall, Jeanne S. The Academic Achievement Challenge: What Really Works in the Classroom? New York: The Guilford Press, 2002.