Classroom research
Subtitle: implementing the scholarship of teaching
By: K. Patricia Cross, Mimi Harris Steadman.
Contributors: Steadman, Mimi Harris, 1965-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1996
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: College teaching -- United States.; Case method.; College teaching -- Research -- United States.
Description: From the Publisher: 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. T he 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to classroom research; title: The Leslies : learning issues : prerequisite knowledge, metacognition and learning strategies, self-confidence and motivation; title: The captive audience : learning issues : learning goals, deep and surface learning, student ratings of instruction; title: But is it working? : learning issues : peer learning, intellectual development and critical thinking; title: The challenge : designing your own classroom research.