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Further Reading about Scientific Teaching

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PHILOSOPHY AND PARADIGM SHIFT

  • Boyer, E. L. 1990. Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, N.J.


  • Gaff, J. G., and L. M. Lambert 1996. Socializing future faculty to the values of undergraduate education. Change July/August:38-45.


  • Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., Roger, T., and Smith, K. A. 1991. Cooperative learning: Increasing college faculty instructional productivity. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report No.4. Washington, DC, The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development.


  • McCauley, R. N. 1984. Knowledge, mind, and facts. Pages 53-62 in Rejuvenating introductory courses (K. I. Spear, Ed.). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • Palmer, P. J. 1998. The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.


  • Shulman, L. S. 1993. Teaching as a community property. Change November/December:6-7.


  • Shulman, L. S. 1995. Faculty hiring: A pivotal opportunity to foster a culture of teaching. American Association for Higher Education Bulletin May:6-10.


  • Tobias, S. 1990. They're not dumb, they're different: Stalking the second tier. Research Corporation, Tucson, Arizona.


THEORIES

  • Johnson, D. W., and R. T. Johnson 1991. Learning together and alone. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.


  • King, P. M., and K. S. Kitchener 1994. Developing reflective judgment: Understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • Mintzes, J. J., and J. H. Wandersee 1998. Reform and innovation in science teaching: A human constructivist view. Pages 29-58 in Teaching science for understanding: A human constructivist view. Academic Press.


  • Ramsden, P. 1992. Learning to teach in higher education. Routledge, London.


  • Shulman, L. S. 1987. Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new reform. Harvard Educational Review 57:1-22.


  • Strike, K. A., and G. J. Posner 1992. A revisionist theory of conceptual change. Pages 147-176 in Philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and educational theory and practice (R. A. Duschl and R. J. Hamilton, Eds.). SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y.


  • Tobin, K., and D. Tippins 1993. Constructivism as a reference for teaching and learning. Pages 3-21 in The practice of constructivism in science education (K. Tobin, Ed.). AAAS Press, Washington,D.C.


PRINCIPLES AND METHODS

  • Allen, D. and K. Tanner 2003. Learning content in context—Problem-based learning. Cell Biology Education 2:73-81.


  • Allen, D. and K. Tanner 2003. Mapping the journey—Concept maps as signposts of developing knowledge structures. Cell Biology Education (2)133-136.


  • Angelo, T. A. 1993. A "teacher's dozen": Fourteen general, research-based principles for improving higher learning in our classrooms. AAHE Bulletin April:3-13.


  • Angelo, T. A., and K. P. Cross 1993. Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco.


  • Barr, R. B., and J. Tagg 1995. From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change 27(6):12-25.


  • Beichner, R. 1996. Impact of video motion analysis on kinematics graph interpretation skills. American Journal of Physics 64(10):1272-1278.


  • Bonwell, C. C., and J. A. Eison 1991. Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom. The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development, Washington, D.C.


  • Brookfield, S. D. 1990. The skillful teacher. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • Brookfield, S. D. 1995. Becoming a critically reflective teacher. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, California.


  • Cerbin, W. 1995. Connecting assessment of learning to improvement of teaching through the course portfolio. Assessment Update 7(1):4-6.


  • Committee on Undergraduate Science Education 1997. Science teaching reconsidered: A Handbook. National Academy Press, Washington,D.C.


  • Ebert-May, D., C. Brewer, and S. Allred 1997. Innovation in large lectures – Teaching for active learning. Bioscience 47:601-607.


  • Finkel, D. L., and G. S. Monk 1983. Teachers and learning groups: Dissolution of the Atlas complex. Pages 83-97 in Learning in groups (C. Bouton, Y. Russell, and Y. Garth, Eds.). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • Gmelch, W. H. 1996. It's about time. Academe September/October:22-26.


  • Handelsman, J., B. Houser, and H. Kriegel 1996. Biology brought to life: A guide to teaching students to think like scientists. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.


  • Heller, P., and M. Hollabaugh 1992. Teaching problem solving through cooperative grouping. Part 2: Designing problems and structuring groups. American Journal of Physics 60:637-644.


  • Hill, W. F. 1969. Learning through discussion. Sage Publication, Beverly Hills, CA.


  • Jacobs, L. C., and C. L. Chase 1992. Pages 18-19 in Developing and using tests effectively: A guide for faculty. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • King, A. 1994. Inquiry as a tool in critical thinking. Pages 13-38 in Changing college classrooms (D. F. Halpern, Ed.). Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.


  • Matejka, K., and L. B. Kurke 1994. Designing a great syllabus. College Teaching 42:115-117.


  • McDermott, L. C. and E. F. Redish 1999. Resource Letter: PER-1: Physics education research. American Journal of Physics 67(9):755-767


  • McKeachie, W. J., N. Chism, R. Menges, M. Svinicki, and C. E. Weinstein 1994. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. D.C. Heath and Company, Lexington, Massachusetts.


  • Pukkila, P.J. 2004. Introducing student inquiry in large introductory genetics classes. Genetic Education 166:11-18.


  • Redish, E. F., J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg 1997. On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer-based laboratories. American Journal of Physics 65(1):45-54.


  • Reed, C. G. 1989. What makes a good teacher? Bioscience 39:555-557.


  • Shodell, M. 1995. The question-driven classroom. The American Biology Teacher 57:278-281.


  • Sternberg, R. J., L. Okagaki, and A. S. Jackson 1990. Practical intelligence for success in school. Educational Leadership 48:35-39.


  • Sundberg, M. D., and G. J. Moncada 1994. Creating effective investigative laboratories for undergraduates. Bioscience 44:698-704.


  • Sundberg, M. D., M. L. Dini, and E. Li 1994. Decreasing course content improves student comprehension of science and attitudes towards science in freshman biology. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 31:679-693.


  • Tobias, S., and J. Raphael 1997a. The hidden curriculum – Faculty-made Test in science Part 1: Lower-division courses. Plenum Press, New York, NY.


  • Tobias, S., and J. Raphael 1997b. The hidden curriculum – Faculty-made Test in science Part 2: Upper-division courses. Plenum Press, New York, NY.


  • Trombulak, S. C. 1995. Merging inquiry-based learning with near-peer teaching. Bioscience 45:412-416.


  • Tyser, R. W., and W. J. Cerbin 1991. Critical thinking exercises for introductory biology courses. Bioscience 41:41-46.


  • Van Rooyen, H. G. 1994. The quest for optimum clarity of presentation: Context creation as teaching skill. The American Biology Teacher 56:146-150.


  • Wood, W. B., J. H. Wilson, R. M. Benbow, and L. E. Hood 1981. Biochemistry: A Problems Approach. Benjamin/Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.


TEXTBOOKS

  • Ellis, A. B., M. J. Geselbracht., B. J. Johnson, G. C. Lisensky, and W. R. Robinson 1993. Teaching general chemistry: A materials science companion. American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C.


  • Enger, E. D., and F. C. Ross 2000. Concepts in biology. McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA.


  • Minkoff, E. C., and P. J. Baker 2001. Biology today: An issues approach. Garland Publishing, New York, NY.


  • Postlethwait, J. H., and J. L. Hopson 2003. Explore life. Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, Pacific Grove, CA.


  • Schwartz, A. T., D. M. Bunce, R. G. Silberman, C. L. Stanitski, W. J. Stratton, and A. P. Zipp 1997. Chemistry in context: Applying chemistry to society. Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, IA.


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