Engaging Ideas
The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
2nd Edition
Published on 11. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-470-53290-4 (ISBN)
Description
Learn to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities and incorporate them into your courses in a way that encourages inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate, with Engaging Ideas, a practical nuts-and-bolts guide for teachers from any discipline. Integrating critical thinking with writing-across-the-curriculum approaches, the book shows how teachers from any discipline can incorporate these activities into their courses. This edition features new material dealing with genre and discourse community theory, quantitative/scientific literacy, blended and online learning, and other current issues.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Charts: 2 B&W, 0 Color; Drawings: 3 B&W, 0 Color; Tables: 20 B&W, 0 Color; Exhibits: 22 B&W, 0 Color
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
885 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-53290-4 (9780470532904)
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Other editions
New editions
John C. Bean | Daniel Melzer
Engaging Ideas
The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
Book
08/2021
Jossey-Bass
€44.00
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Previous edition
John C. Bean
Engaging Ideas
The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
Book
03/1996
Jossey-Bass
€53.41
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Persons
John C. Bean is professor of English at Seattle University. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and the coauthor of several leading composition and argument textbooks.
Content
Foreword by Maryellen Weimer vii Preface to the Second Edition xi
About the Author xxi
1 Using Writing to Promote Thinking: A Busy Professor's Guide to the Whole Book 1
PART 1 UNDERSTANDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THINKING AND WRITING
2 How Writing Is Related to Critical Thinking 17
3 Helping Writers Think Rhetorically 39
4 Using a Range of Genres to Extend Critical Thinking and Deepen Learning 52
5 Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness 66
PART 2 DESIGNING PROBLEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS
6 Formal Writing Assignments 89
7 Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities 120
PART 3 COACHING STUDENTS AS LEARNERS, THINKERS, AND WRITERS
8 Designing Tasks to Promote Active Thinking and Learning 149
9 Helping Students Read Difficult Texts 161
10 Using Small Groups to Coach Thinking and Teach Disciplinary Argument 183
11 Bringing More Critical Thinking into Lectures and Discussions 202
12 Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in Essay Exams 211
13 Designing and Sequencing Assignments to Teach Undergraduate Research 224
PART 4 READING, COMMENTING ON, AND GRADING STUDENT WRITING
14 Using Rubrics to Develop and Apply Grading Criteria 267
15 Coaching the Writing Process and Handling the Paper Load 290
16 Writing Comments on Students' Papers 317
References 337
Index 353
About the Author xxi
1 Using Writing to Promote Thinking: A Busy Professor's Guide to the Whole Book 1
PART 1 UNDERSTANDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THINKING AND WRITING
2 How Writing Is Related to Critical Thinking 17
3 Helping Writers Think Rhetorically 39
4 Using a Range of Genres to Extend Critical Thinking and Deepen Learning 52
5 Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness 66
PART 2 DESIGNING PROBLEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS
6 Formal Writing Assignments 89
7 Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities 120
PART 3 COACHING STUDENTS AS LEARNERS, THINKERS, AND WRITERS
8 Designing Tasks to Promote Active Thinking and Learning 149
9 Helping Students Read Difficult Texts 161
10 Using Small Groups to Coach Thinking and Teach Disciplinary Argument 183
11 Bringing More Critical Thinking into Lectures and Discussions 202
12 Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in Essay Exams 211
13 Designing and Sequencing Assignments to Teach Undergraduate Research 224
PART 4 READING, COMMENTING ON, AND GRADING STUDENT WRITING
14 Using Rubrics to Develop and Apply Grading Criteria 267
15 Coaching the Writing Process and Handling the Paper Load 290
16 Writing Comments on Students' Papers 317
References 337
Index 353