Rather, it provides information about successful teaching practices in a variety of science courses. It offers you an overview of current research in undergraduate science education and some practical guidelines for ex- perimenting with and changing the ways you teach. While we believe that the chapters are closely related, we have tried to design each chapter to stand alone so that they may be read in any order. Some readers may want more scholarly depth, but please keep in mind that this handbook is a practical guide to help busy teachers learn about and . . V11 OCR for page R8 .
Sources listed in the appendices are a good starting point for further study.
The committee expresses its deep gratitude to the hundreds of teachers, from dozens of colleges and universities, who were crucial to the assess- ment and substantial revisions of two early versions of this handbook. Not only was much of your advice heeded, your obvious dedication to good teaching was inspiring.