Promoting the success of individual learners : teachers applying their craft at the undergraduate level / edited by Jeffrey E. Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porter, Jeffrey Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Individualized instruction.

College teaching.

Education, Higher--Curricula.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Summary:

In the words of K. Patricia Cross, how do undergraduate programs simultaneously serve all students, as well as each and every student? Responding to the challenge of realizing this educational ideal, this book explores guiding assumptions and instructional strategies for individualizing instruction to support and extend the learning of diverse students. Assumptions and strategies are provided by experienced teachers from undergraduate institutions throughout the country, representing eight discipline areas. Discipline areas include literature, composition, mathematics, chemistry, physics, educational psychology, accounting, and an interdisciplinary freshman year course.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Developing Talent Through Individualizing Instruction / Jeffrey E. Porter 3

Chapter 2 Learning and Individualizing Instruction / Jeffrey E. Porter 27

Chapter 3 Individualizing Instruction: A Framework / Jeffrey E. Porter 39

Chapter 4 Individualizing Instruction: Guidelines / Jeffrey E. Porter 55

Part II English Curricula 69

Chapter 5 Whitman Among the Engineers: Teaching Poetry at a Technological Institution / Anne C. Coon 71

Chapter 6 The Vocation of a Writing Coach: Teaching Composition and Creative Writing to Individual Learners / Bunny Paine-Clemes 89

Part III Math and Science Curricula 105

Chapter 7 The Role of Technology in Individualizing Instruction in Linear Algebra / Ananda Gunawardena 107

Chapter 8 Helping Students Find Their Chemistry Voices / Keith Kester 123

Chapter 9 Second Teaching: Small Groups As Mentors for Individuals in Physics Learning / Lisa Novemsky, Ronald Gautreau 139

Part IV Professional Preparation Curricula 151

Chapter 10 Developing Individual Talent in Future Teachers Through Self-Regulated Learning / Randall Isaacson 153

Chapter 11 The Use of Collaborative Learning to Individualize Instruction in Accounting / Carol Venable 173

Part V Interdisciplinary Curricula 189

Chapter 12 Einstein's Universe: Focusing on Student Learning in Interdisciplinary General Education / Judith Patton 191

Chapter 13 Individualizing Instruction: Insights and Implications / Jeffrey E. Porter 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0897898400

OCLC:

48858368