Classroom Research
Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching
Published on 7. October 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7879-0288-9 (ISBN)
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-0288-9 (9780787902889)
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Persons
K. PATRICIA CROSS is David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Berkeley. MIMI HARRIS STEADMAN is a research specialist at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
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.