Active Learning Strategies
- Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the ClassroomBonwell, Charles C. and James A. Eison. “Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom.” ED340272 September 1991 ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, D.C.; George Washington Univ., Washington , D.C.
- Active Learning Strategies…Not for the Birds!Bowles, Donna G. “Active Learning Strategies…Not for the Birds” in International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, vol. 3 2006.
- Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate LearningPogrow, Stanley. “Teaching Content Outrageously: How to Captivate All Students and Accelerate Learning.” Phi Delta Kappan. January 2010.
- Using the pause procedure to enhance lecture recallRuhl, K.L., Hughes, C.A. and Schloss, P.J. (1987, Winter). “Using the pause procedure to enhance lecture recall”. Teacher Education and Special Education, 10, 14-18.
- Academic and social integration and study progress in problem based learningSeveriens, Sabine E. and Schmidt Henk G. “Academic and social integration and study progress in problem based learning.” Journal of Higher Education (2009) 58:59-69.
- Creating Active Learning with examples drawn from the social sciencesLitecky, Larry. Creating Active Learning with examples drawn from the social sciences. Washington D.C.: Community College Press, 1998.
- Teacher as Judge or Partner: The Dilemma of Grades Versus LearningFarias, G., Farias, C. M., & Fairfield, K. D. (2010). Teacher as judge or partner: The dilemma of grades versus learning. Journal of Education for Business, 85(6), 336-342. Retrieved from http://nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/759962861?accountid=10163
Clickers
- Turning Technologies Higher Education Support.Turning Technologies
Active Learning Books
What's the Use of Lectures? by Call Number: LC 6515 .B55 2000ISBN: 9780787951627Publication Date: 2000-01-17"A comprehensive guide to the uses and possible abuses of the lecture method. Supported by copious research, Bligh offers a wealth of practical suggestions for making lectures more engaging and effective.
The Power of Problem-Based Learning by Call Number: LB 1027.42 .P69 2001ISBN: 9781579220365Publication Date: 2001-05-01Problem-based learning is a powerful classroom process, which uses real world problems to motivate students to identify and apply research concepts and information, work collaboratively and communicate effectively. It is a strategy that promotes life-long habits of learning.
Cooperative Learning in Higher Education by Call Number: LB 1032 .C596 2010ISBN: 9781579223281Publication Date: 2010-04-27Research has identified cooperative learning as one of the ten High Impact Practices that improve student learning. If you've been interested in cooperative learning, but wondered how it would work in your discipline, this book provides the necessary theory, and a wide range of concrete examples.
Active Learning Articles
- Against Student ShamingWe can talk about teaching and student success without cherry-picking anecdotes that demean those who populate our classrooms.
Eyler,Joshua. (2017). "Against Student Shaming." Inside Higher Ed. - Five Ways to Get Students Thinking About Learning, Not GradesWeimer, Maryellen. (2017). Five Ways to Get Students Thinking About Learning, Not Grades. Faculty Focus. Retrieved from http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/five-ways-get-students-thinking-learning-not-grades/?utm_campaign=Faculty%20Focus&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=50495959&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--iUs-gLLC5UVx14eWPnNj37WbX9MdpMVvmBU4iGZPi2T65YgXAwQDMU4FrABaaPeClaf3j3i-rnYCKFIVGfZNZpM-ajw&_hsmi=50495959
Ideas for Creating Multiple Choice Tests
- 14 Rules for Writing Multiple Choice QuestionsTimothy W. Bothell, Brigham Young University. 2004.
- How to Write Better Tests: A Handbook for Improving Test Construction SkillsLucy Jacobs, Indiana University. 2004
- Improving Multiple Choice QuestionsCenter for Teaching and Learning, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1990
- Writing Multiple-Choice Questions that Demand Critical ThinkingGeorgeanne Cooper, University of Oregon. 2007
Group Work Bibliography
College Teaching – Group Work
These items are located in the Rose Library Faculty Collection.
Barkley, Elizabeth F. Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005. LB 1032 .B318 2005
------, Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010. LB 2342.92 .B375 2010
Bess, James L. Teaching Alone, Teaching Together: Transforming the Structure of Teams for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, LB 2331 .B48 2000
Michaelsen, Larry K., Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink, eds. Team-based Learning : A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2004. LB 1032 .T38 2004
