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"Reflecting on Teaching: The Faculty Teaching Excellence Program at the University of Colorado Boulder" - Mary Ann Shea, Director, Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado Boulder and President's Teaching Scholars Program, University of Colorado
"Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0" - John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler, "Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0," EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 1 (January/February 2008): 16-32. Reprinted by permission.
"High-Impact Educational Practices: Who Has Access to Them and Why They Matter for All Students " - by George D. Kuh. Link to summary and chart at the Association of American Colleges and Universities web page.
"Problem-Based Learning in Literary Studies " - by Bill Hutchings and Karen O'rourke. Link to abstract at the SAGE Journals web page. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 2002 by SAGE Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. ©
"Developing the Scholarship of Teaching in Higher Education: A discipline based approach" - by Mick Healey. Link to abstract at the Higher Education Research and Development web page.
"A Useable, Trans-Disciplinary Conception of Scholarship " - by Lee W. Andresen. Link to abstract at the Higher Education Research and Development web page.
"The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - No One Way " - by Carolin Kreber. Posted with permission from the author.
"Tommorow's Professor" - a teaching blog edited by Rick Reis of Stanford University.
"A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance" - by Claude Steele. Posted with permission from the American Psychological Association.
"Teaching With Social Networks: Establishing a Social Contract" - by Diane Sieber. Posted with permission from EDUCAUSE.
"What's the Problem With Quiet Students? Anyone? Anyone?" - by Mary M. Reda. Link to the Chronicle of Higher Education web page.
"Transforming Science Education at Large Research Universities: A Case Study in Progress" - by Carl Wieman, Katherine Perkins and Sarah Gilbert.
"Infusing Diversity Into the Curriculum: What are Faculty Members Actually Doing?" - by Susan Sciame-Giesecke, Dianne Roden, and Kathy Parkinson. Originally Published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2009.
"Problem Solving: What I have learned from my students" - by James Sandefur, Georgetown University. Originally published in the AMS/MAA Issues in Mathematics Series, Volume 14.
"Classroom Assessment Techniques" - Reprinted with pemission from the National Teaching and Learning Forum.
"The Assessment of 'Understanding'" - by Lloyd Bond. Reprinted under Creative Commons, attributed to Lloyd Bond and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
"Bloom's Revised Taxonomy" - by Emily Cruz, San Diego State University Educational Technology.
"Pedagogies of Uncertainty" - by Lee S. Shulman. Reprinted with permission from Liberal Education, vol. 91, no. 2. Copyright 2005 by the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
"Who Is Responsible for Preparing Science Teachers?" - by Valerie Otero, Noah Finkelstein, Richard McCray, and Steven Pollok. Science Magazine, Volume 313, July 28 2006.
"Contemplative Practice: Views from the Religion Classroom and Artist's Studio" - by Deborah Haynes. Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, Volume 20, Issue 2.
"Evaluating University Teaching" - by Milton Hildebrand, Robert C. Wilson, Evelyn R. Dienst. Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1971.
"Conditions Under Which Assessment Supports Students' Learning" - by Graham Gibbs and Claire Simpson. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2004-05.
"Your First Day of Teaching" - by Michael E. Zimmerman. Unpublished Manuscript.
"How to Succeed in College: Learn How to Learn" - by Robert A. Bjork. American Psychological Society, March 2001.
"Innovations in Teaching Undergraduate Biology and Why We Need Them" - by William B. Wood. Reposted, with permission, from the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Volume 25, Copyright 2009 by Annual Reviews. www.annualreviews.org
"From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments" - by Michael Wesch
"Characterizing the gender gap in introductory physics"- by Lauren E. Kost, Steven J. Pollock, and Noah D. Finkelstein
"At M.I.T, Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard" - by Sara Rimer. The New York Times. January 12, 2009.
"Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions" - by M. K. Smith, W. B. Wood, W. K. Adams, C. Wieman, J. K. Knight, N. Guild, T. T. Su. Science 2. January 2009. Vol 323. No. 5910, pp. 122-124
"A Way to Enhance Teaching" - by Cynthia J. Finelli. ASEE Prism.
"The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture" - by Lorrie A. Shepard. Educational Researcher, Vol. 29. No. 7. pp. 4-14.
"Toward the Integration of Meditation into Higher Education: A Review of Research" - by Shuana L. Shapiro, Kirk Warren Brown, and John A. Astin
"Discipline-Based Education Research" - by Robert Kel. Academic Leader. July 2008. Vol 24. No. 7. (Posted with permission from Magna Publications)
"How to Succeed in College: Learn How to Learn" - by Robert Bjork. Observer American Psychological Society. March 2001. Vol 14, No. 3
"Lessons Learned: Faculty developer and engineer working as faculty development colleagues." - by Lynn McAlpine and Ralph Harris. International Journal for Academic Development. May 99, Vol 4 Issue 1.
"Building a metacognitive model of reflection" - by L. McAlpine, C. Weston, J. Beauchamp, C. Wiseman & C. Beauchamp. Higher Education. 37: 105-131, 1999.
"Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: Linkages to Ways of
Thinking and Practising within the Disciplines" - by Jan Meyer and Ray
Land from the ETL project.
"Design Experiments: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Creating Complex Interventions in Classroom Settings." - by Ann L. Brown
"Faculty explore tech connections with students" - by Kim Glasscock. Silver & Gold.
"Making Explicit the Development Toward the Scholarship of Teaching" - by Cynthia B. Weston and Lynn McAlpine. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. No. 86 Summer 2001. (Copyright 2001 Jossey-Bass. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc.)(Posted: 6/23/2008 Remove: 6/20/2011)
“Concepts of Cognitive Conceptions of Learning” – by Thomas J. Shuell. Review of Educational Research. Winter 1986. Vol. 56, No. 4.
"The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them" - by Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Canas. Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.
"A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education" - by Robert B. Barr and John Tagg
"Monitoring Student Cues: Tracking Student Behaviour in Order to Inprove Instruction in Higher Education" - by L. McAlpine, C. Weston, C. Beauchamp, C. Wiseman,
& J. Beauchamp.
(The Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol 29, Num 2-3. 1 June 1999. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education)
"Design Experiments: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges in Creating Complex Interventions in Classroom Settings" - by Ann L. Brown.
"Theory and Researched-based Principles of Learning" - Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon.
"Contemplative Practice and the Education of the Whole Person" - by Debrah J. Haynes.
"Use of Question and Comment Papers in College Teaching" - by Ozlem Ilk. (Assessment Update. Nov.-Dec. 2007. This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Posted: 3/18/08 Remove: 3/18/11)
"Student Culture vs Group Work in Computer Science" Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. - by William Waite, Michele Jackson, Amer Diwan, and Paul Leonardi (Copyright 2004, Association for Computing Machinery. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the authors and the Association for Computing Machinery.)
"The Conversational Classroom" - by William Waite, Michele Jackson, and Amer Diwan
"Designing networked learning environments to support inter-cultural communication and collaboration in science learning" - by Marcelo Milrad, Marianne Björn, and Michele Jackson
"Oersted Medal Lecture 2001: 'Physics Education Research - The Key to Student
Learning" - by Lillian McDermott (Copyright 2001, American Association of Physics Teachers. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Association of Physics Teachers.)
"Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights" - by Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb Jr.
"David A. Kolb on Experiential Learning" - by Mark K. Smith
"A New Twist on Training Teachers" - by Jeffrey Mervis
"Professional Development: Who is Responsible for Preparing Science Teachers?" - by Valerie Otero, Noah Finkelstein, Richard McCray, and Steven Pollock
"Colorado Also Seeks Impact on Campus" - by Jeffrey Mervis
"New Learning Environments for the 21st Century" - by John Seely Brown
"Articles, resources, and webpages on "Outcomes and Assessment" - From the Teagle Foundation
"Teagle Working Groups on 'Big Questions" - Teagle Foundation
"Cognition and Brain Development in Students of Traditional College-Going Age - Annotated Bibliography" - prepared by Jill Jeffrey
"Components of Positive Student-Faculty Relationships" - by Arthur W. Chickering and Linda Reisser
"Planetfinder: An Online Interactive Module for Learning How Astronomers Detect Extrasolar Planets" - by Richard McCray
"Learning Styles" - by Don Clark
"Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education?" - by Carl Wieman
"Exploring the Edge" - by John Seely Brown
"Improving Lectures by Understanding Students' Information Processing" - by W.J. McKeachie
"The Architectural Studio as an Exemplar of Education for Reflection in Action " No Author
"Questioning" - by Thomas P. Kasulis
"Conflicts Over the Curriculum" - by Gerald Graff
"In Ain't Necessarily So: Uncovering Some Assumptions" - by Maria D. Svinicki
"Overcoming the Law School Image" - by Edward J. Grac
"So You Want To Be An Actor: Stages of Learning in the University Setting Joel Fink Student Engagement and Teacher Power in Large Classes" - by G. Stephen Monk
"Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and its Remedies" - by Catherine G. Krupnick
"Professors, Students, and the Syllabus" - by Sharon Rubin
"In Search of Zippers" - by K. Patricia Cross
"Writing: An Act of Cognition" - by Toby Fulwiler
"How Students Learn" - by Ellen J. Langer
"The Synergy of Teaching and Research" - by Kathryn Mohrman
"The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start" - by Peter Frederick
"Confidence in the Classroom" - by James Eison
"The Scientist as a Storyteller" - by R. Igor Gamow
"Toward a Pedagogy of Substance" - by Lee Shulman
"Discussion Method Teaching" - byilliam M. Welty
"Clarity and Organization" - by Patricia Limerick
"Annual Re-Issue: Professors, Students, and the Syllabus" - by Sharon Rubin
"Teaching Strategies for the Culturally Diverse" - by Jonathan Collett
"Is There a Scientific Basis for Effective Teaching?" - by John A. Centra
"The Teaching Initiative" - by Russell Edgerton
"Teaching by the Case Method: One Teacher's Beginnings" - by Nona Lyons
"Characteristics of Highly Respected Courses" - by Richard J. Light
"Inquiry and Exploration in Introductory Science" - by John L. Southin
"Explorations with Students and Faculty about Teaching, Learning, and Student Life" - by Richard J. Light
"Implications of Cognitive Psychology for College Teaching" - by Wilbert J. McKeachie
"Instructional Implications of Research and Problem Solving" - Jill H. Larkin, Joan I. Heller, & James G. Greeno
"Getting Feedback on Your Paper: The One-Minute Paper" No author
"Quick Starters: New Faculty Who Succeeded" - by Robert Boice
"The Courage to Teach" - by Parker J. Palmer
"What Goes On in the Mind of the Learner" by - Donald A. Norman
"Competence is What You Do When You Make a Mistake" by - Ronald A. Smith
"Planning the First Class Period" - by Kenneth J. Zahorski
"Different Worlds in the Same Classroom" - by William A. Perry
"The Art of Leading a Discussion" - by Adena Rosmarin
"The Magical Number Seven Plus or Minus Two" - by George A. Miller
"The Role of Applied Ethics in Learning" - by George A. Miller, Daniel Callahan, & Sissela Bok
"Machine Dreams: Six Myths and Five Promising Truths" - by Terry Woronov
"Messing About in Science" - by David Hawkins
"Can Ethics Be Taught?" - by Derek Bok
"The Search for Shared Ethics" - by Sissela Bok
"Re-tooling Research, Re-engineering Education" - by Chang-lien Tsien
"On the Internet: Making Mosaic Internet Webs Work at the Course Level" - by Robert Cavalier
"Who is Studying in Groups and Why?" - by Althier M. Lazar
"Integrating Research and Undergraduate Teaching" - by Anne Bezuidenhout
"Science in a Post-Modern World" - by Kenneth A. Bruffee
"Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" - by Arthur W. Chickering & Zelda F. Gamson
"Loves of Minority Mathematics Students in College" - by Uri Treisman
"Practical Implications of Cognitive Theories" - by Marilla D. Svinicki
"Issues of Gender in Teaching and Learning" - by Blythe M. Clichy
"The Scholarship of Engagement" - by Ernest L. Boyer
"The Naturalistic Approach to Learning Styles" - by Tony Grasha
"The Kolb-Model Modified for Classroom Activities" - by Maria D. Svinicki & Nancy M. Dixon
"Implementing the Seven Priciples" - by Arthur W. Chickering & Stephen C. Ehrmann
"Asking the Right Questions: What Does Research Tell Us About Technology and Higher Learning?" - by Stephen C. Ehrmann
"The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching" - by Parker J. Palmer
"Problem Based Learning: Preparing Students to Succeed in the 21st Century" - by Deborah Allen & Harold B. White
"Organizing for Learning' - by Peter E. Ewell
"Collaborative Learnign: Reframing the Classroom" - by Jean Macgregor
"Taking Learning Seriously" - by Lee Shulman
"Race the Schooling of Black Americans" - by Claude M. Steele
"Learning from Text" - by Eileen Kintsch & Walter Kintsch
"Exploring Student Expectations" - by Janet Donald
"Classroom Assessment: Guidelines for Success" - by Thomas A. Angelo
"Academic Service Learning: Myths, Challenges, and Recommendations" - by Jeffrey Howard
"Honors Constitution Rethinking What it Means to Be a Scholar" - by Eugene Rice
"The Art of Collaborative Learning: Making the Most of Knowledgeable Peers" - by Kenneth A. Bruffee
"Forward to Aristotle: Teaching as the Highest Form of Learning" - by Russell Edgerton
"Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning" - by John Seeley Brown, Allan Collins, & Paul Duguid
"Classrooms ad Learning Environments for Teachers and Researchers" - by Paul Cobb, Terry Wood, & Erna Yackel
"Student Classroom and Course-Related Behavior Where is the Mind: a Coordination of Sociocultural and Cognitive Costructionist Perspectives" - by Paul Cobb
"The Importance of a Situated View of Learning to the Design of Research and Instruction" - by Paul Cobb
"An Education for the Future" - by Howard Gardner
Commentary - by Professor C. Wieman
"Applying the Science of Learning to the University and Beyond" - by Diane F. Halpern and Milton D. Hakel
"Classroom Incivilities" - by Bob Boice
Commentary by Professor Martha Hanna
"Developing a Shared Meaning of Scholarship to Enable the Revision of Promotion Policy" - byC heryl Albers
"Engaging Students with Active Thinking" - by Carl E. Wieman
Commentary by Associate Professor Kathy Perkins
'Excellence: An Immodest Proposal" - by Lee S. Shulman
"Issues of Gender in Teaching and Learning" - by Blythe McVicker Clinchy
"Problem Students (There's Almost Always at Least One!)" - by Wilbert J. McKeachie
"Teaching More by Lecturing Less" - by Jennifer K. Knight and William B. Wood
"The Roots of Literacy" - by David Hawkins
"The Surprising Impact of Seat Location on Student Performance" - byKatherine K. Perkins and Carl E. Wieman
"The Use of Advanced Organizers in Learning and Retention of Meaningful Verbal Material" - by David P. Ausubel
"Theory: The Elephant in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Room" - by Pat Hutchings
"Towards an Applied Theory of Experiential Learning" - by David A. Kolb and Ronald Fry
"What's it Really All About? The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as an Authentic Practice" - by Carolin Kreber
"What It Means to Teach" - by David Hawkins
"What Next? Thought and Action in Intellectual Work" -by Nicholas Bromell
"A Berkeley Compendeium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence" - by Barbara Gross Davis, Lynn Wood and Robert Wilson
"Why Knowing About Disciplinary Differences Can Mean More Effective Teaching" - by Michele Marincovich & Jack Prostko
"Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" -- by Pat Hutchings
"The Power of Student Stories: Connections that Enhance Learning" - by Peter Frederick, Heritage College
