Classroom research : implementing the scholarship of teaching / K. Patricia Cross, Mimi Harris Steadman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, K. Patricia (Kathryn Patricia), 1926-

Contributor:

Steadman, Mimi Harris, 1965-

Series:

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teaching--United States.

College teaching.

College teaching--Research.

United States.

Case method.

College teaching--Research--United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 264 pages ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [1996]

Summary:

Classroom Assessment Techniques offers faculty members a set of tools to identify what is working and what is not in their classrooms and the companion volume Classroom Research details a collaborative process for investigating teaching and learning issues. This process engages teachers in problem-based discussions, integrates their teaching experience with recent research and theory on learning, and gives examples of Classroom Assessment and Classroom Research projects that can be carried out in any classroom. It provides a pathway into "the scholarship of teaching". Designed to be used by faculty members in groups and in workshops, Classroom Research's case method approach illustrates ways to think about a variety of common learning issues. The cases show students in the process of learning, clearly illustrate their problems and perceptions, and focus on long-term issues such as memory, motivation, deep and surface learning, metacognition, learning strategies, gender issues, intellectual development, and critical thinking. The authors designed the discussion questions to provoke a lively exchange of ideas and interpretations, and they show how faculty can acquire the critical knowledge - from research and literature as well as from students themselves - to determine some possible solutions.

Contents:

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, intellectual development and critical thinking

The challenge : designing your own classroom research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.

ISBN:

0787902888

OCLC:

34651377