- Author
- Angelo, Thomas A., ed.
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA (New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 46)
- ISBN
- 1555428002
- Table of Contents
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Notes
Part 1 - Introduction
ch. 1 Introduction and overview - From classroom assessment to classroom research (Thomas A. Angelo)
ch. 2 Ten Easy pieces - assessing higher learning in four dimensions (Thomas A. Angelo)
Part 2 - Examples from the disciplines
ch. 3 Re-Visioning our teaching - classroom research and composition (Melissa Sue Kort)
ch. 4 Classroom research in accounting - assessing for learning (Philip G. Cottell, Jr.)
ch. 5 Using classroom research in a large introductory science class (John Olmsted III)
ch. 6 Classroom research in psychology - assessment techniques to enhance teaching and learning (Charles J. Walker )
ch. 7 Classroom research in physics - Gaining insights into visualization and problem solving (David M. Nakaji)
Part 3 - Examples from campus programs
ch. 8 Implementing classroom research in a state university - a developmental process (Elizabeth Berry, Marilyn Filbeck, Carrie Rothstein-Fisch, Helen Saltman)
ch. 9 Using cooperative learning and classroom research with culturally divers students (Susan Obler, Voiza Arnold, Carol Sigala, Linda Umbdenstock)
ch. 10 Implementing and maintaining a classroom research program for faculty (Nancy E. Stetson)
Appendix
Index
Since 1986, when K. Patricia Cross first began to write and speak about Classroom Research, faculty across the country have been inspired by her vision of a learner-centered, teaching-directed approach aimed at understanding and improving student learning. In the intervening five years, hundreds of college teachers at dozens of institutions have taken up her challenge to become "Classroom Researchers," engaging in the systematic and ongoing study of teaching and learning. This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning is a collection of examples illustrating a range of ways Classroom Research can be used in a variety of disciplines and settings. It is a gathering of teachers' stories that are also teaching stories, narratives that distill hundreds of hours of experience into a few pages. Whether they are faculty, faculty developers, or academic administrators, readers can profit by learning from the hard-won experience and insights distilled in these early lessons from success. This is the 46th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning. (From the Publisher)