Exemplary college science teaching / edited by Robert E. Yager.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yager, Robert Eugene, 1930- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Higher).

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Arlington, Virginia : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book provides inspiration to alter your teaching methods to match new standards and new times focusing exclusively on college science teaching. It offers 16 examples of college teaching that builds on what students learned in high school.

Contents:

chapter 1. The road to becoming an exemplary college science teacher / Katherine B. Follette

chapter 2. Lecture-free college science teaching : a learning partnership / Bonnie S. Wood

chapter 3. Requiring college students in a plant science course to take control of their learning / Thomas R. Lord

chapter 4. Peer-led study groups as learning communities in the natural sceinces / Claire Sandler and Joseph Salvatore

chapter 5. Take your students outside : success with science outdoors / Beth Ann Krueger

chapter 6. Student perspectives on introductory biology labs designed to develop relevant skills and core competencies / Ellen H. Yerger

chapter 7. Assessing learning outcomes of the case study teaching method / Linda L. Tichenor

chapter 8. Implementing jigsaw technique to enhance learning in an upper-level cell and molecular biology course / Sandhya N. Baviskar

chapter 9. Clickers in the geoscience classroom : pedagogical and practical considerations / David N. Steer

chapter 10. Revising majors biology : a departmental journey / Elizabeth Allan

chapter 11. Students teaching students : jigsawing through an environmental biology course / Thomas R. Lord

chapter 12. The great debate : revising an old strategy with new frameworks / Teddie Phillipson-Mower

chapter 13. The student-centered lecture : incorporating inquiry in large-group settings / Holly J. Travis

chapter 14. Service learning in an undergraduate introductory environmental science course : getting students involved with the campus community / Grace Eason

chapter 15. Assessing student attitudes and behaviors in interactive video conference versus face-to-face classes : an instructor's inquiry / Thayne L. Sweeten

chapter 16. Graduate distance education programs in forensic sciences, pharmaceutical chemistry, and clinical toxicology for working professionals : an evolving concept with practical applications / Oliver Grundmann and David G. Lebow.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 7, 2013).

ISBN:

9781938946806

1938946804

OCLC:

846490655