Classroom research : implementing the scholarship of teaching

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Classroom research : implementing the scholarship of teaching

K. Patricia Cross, Mimi Harris Steadman

(The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series)

Jossey-Bass, c1996

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction to classroom research
  • The Leslies : learning issues : prerequisite knowledge, metacognition and learning strategies, self-confidence and motivation
  • The captive audience : learning issues : learning goals, deep and surface learning, student ratings of instruction
  • But is it working? : learning issues : peer learning, intellectual development and critical thinking
  • The challenge : designing your own classroom research

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Description

Classroom Research is designed for use in faculty discussion groups, workshops, and seminars to prepare discipline-oriented faculty for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The book's real-life case studies illustrate basic principles of learning and provide provocative materials for discussion along with practical suggestions for research that can be conducted by faculty from all disciplines in their own classrooms.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to Classroom Research. ?The Leslies? Learning Issues: Prerequisite Knowledge
  • Metacognition and Learning Strategies
  • Self--Confidence and Motivation. ?The Captive Audience? Learning Issues: Learning Goals
  • Deep and Surface Learning, Student Ratings of Instruction. ?But Is It Working?? Learning Issues: Peer Learning and Intellectual Development, Critical Thinking. ?The Challenge? Designing Your Own Classroom Research.

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