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Course readings.

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introductions (to the Course and Each Other) Setting the Context: A Short History of Teaching and Learning in the American University The Impact of College on Students The Student-Teacher Relationship	Bok, Derek. "The Evolution of American Colleges," and "Purposes." In Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why they Should be Learning More. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780691125961 (hardcover). Pascarella, Ernest T., and Patrick T. Terenzini. "Studying College Outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and Organization of Research." In How College Affects Students. Vol 2. A Third Decade of Research. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005. ISBN: 9780787910440 (alk. paper). Cooper, Lane. "Louis Agassiz as a Teacher." In Teaching and the Case Method: Text, Cases, and Readings. Edited by C. Roland Christensen and Abby J. Hansen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780071032216 (hardcover).
2	What We Know about Student Learning in Higher Education	Ewell, Peter T. "Organizing for Learning: A Point of Entry." Prepared for the AAHE Summer Academy (1997), January 24, 2006, pp. 1-10. Pellegrino, James W., Naomi Chudowsky, Robert Glaser, and National Research Council. "Advances in the Sciences of Thinking and Learning." In Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. Edited by James W. Pellegrino and Naomi Chudowsky. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780309072724 (hardcover). Rhem, James. "Deep/Surface Approaches to Learning: An Introduction." The National Teaching and Learning Forum 5, no. 1 (1995): 1-5. Optional Kolb, David A. "Learning Styles and Disciplinary Differences." In The Modern American College: Responding to the New Realities of Diverse Students and a Changing Society. Edited by Chickering, Arthur W., et al. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Pub., 1981. ISBN: 9780875894669 (hardcover). Ramsden, Paul. "Approaches to Learning." In Learning to Teach in Higher Education. London, NY: Routledge, 1991. ISBN: 9780415064149 and ISBN: 9780415064156 (paperback).
3	Constructing a Syllabus (with Special Emphasis on Learning Objectives and Performance Criteria)	Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. "What Is Backward Design?" In Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. ISBN: 9780871203137 (paperback). Perkins, David. "What Is Understanding?" In Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice. Edited by Martha Stone Wiske. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997. ISBN: 9780787910020 (alk. paper). Breslow, Lori. "Strategic Teaching," "The Implicit Contract," and "Learning Objectives."MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory, 2004.
4	Teaching Methodologies (with a Special Emphasis on Lecturing and Active Learning)	Bain, Ken. "What Makes Great Teachers Great?" The Chronicle of Higher Education 50, no. 31. (April 9, 2004): B7. Bligh, Donald A. "Lecture Organization" and "Lecture Styles." In What's the Use of Lectures? 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. ISBN: 9780787951627 (paperback, alk. paper). (1st U.S. edition; first published in the U.K. in 1971). Smith, Karl A., Sheri D. Sheppard, David W. Johnson, and Roger T. Johnson. "Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom-Based Practices." Journal of Engineering Education 94, no. 1 (2005): 87-101. Christensen, C. Roland. "The Discussion Teacher in Action: Questioning, Listening and Response." In Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership. Edited by C. Roland Christensen, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780875842554 (alk. paper).
5	Diversity in the Classroom	Clinchy, Blythe. "On Critical Thinking and Connected Knowing." Liberal Education 75, no. 5 (November/December 1989): 15-19. Gurin, Patricia, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hartado, and Gerald Gurin. "Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes." In Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms. Reprint series 36. Edited by Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review, 2003. Krupnick, Catherine G. "Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies." In On Teaching and Learning. Edited by Margaret Morganroth Gullette. Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Danforth Center, 1985. Steele, Claude M. "Thin Ice: 'Stereotype Threat' and Black College Students." The Atlantic Monthly, August 1999. Treisman, Uri. "Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College." The College Mathematics Journal 23, no. 5 (1992): 362-372. (PDF - 1.4 MB)#
6	Assessing for Learning	Forsyth, Donelson R. "Testing: Strategies and Skills for Evaluating Learning," and "Grading (and Aiding): Helping Students Reach Their Learning Goals." In The Professor's Guide to Teaching: Psychological Principles and Practices. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2002. ISBN: 9781557989604.
7-11	Class Presentations
12	Course Wrap-up

Note: At mid-semester, students assume the responsibility of choosing topics and readings for class sessions. The following represents the selections of the students in the class in spring 2006.

Hofstein, Avi, and Vincent N. Lunetta. "The Laboratory in Science Education: Foundations for the Twenty-First Century." Science Education 88 (2004): 28-54.

Wankat, Phillip C., and Frank S. Oreovicz. "Laboratory Courses." In Teaching Engineering. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992. ISBN: 9780070681545.

Domin, Daniel S. "A Review of Laboratory Instruction Styles." Journal of Chemical Education 76, no. 4 (1999): 543-547.

Smith, Karl A. "Cooperative Learning: Making 'Groupwork' Work." In Using Active learning in College Classes: A Full Range of Options for Faculty. Edited by Tracey E. Sutherland and Charles C. Bonwell. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 67. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. ISBN: 9780787999339.

McKeatchie, Wilbert J. "Meeting a Class for the First Time" and "Problem Situations and Problem Students." Teaching Tips. 9th ed. Lexington, MA: D.C. Health and Company, 1998. ISBN: 9780395903452.

McGlynn, Angela Provietera. Teaching Tips: Improving College Instruction. Trenton, NJ: Mercer County Community College Foundation, c1992.

Sfard, Anna. "On the Dual Nature of Mathematical Conceptions: Reflections on Processes and Objects as Different Sides of the Same Coin." Educational Studies in Mathematics 22 (1991): 1-36.