Learner-Centered Teaching at the College Level        Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundation of Christian Higher Education2 reviews B&H Academic, 2002 A Scholarly and Thoughtful Contribution + As insightful as it is serious and thoughtful I believe that this book is an important contribution to the ongoing exploration (1) of whether or not we can integrate faith, learning, and living in a rational, academic, and scholarly way at institutions of higher education, (2) of why such integration is important, and (3)of how we can begin to ...             Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education ...3 reviews Robert M. Diamond Jossey-Bass, 1997 this is what it says - a practical guide + Excellent resource + Designing and assessing courses and curricula I bought this book at a time when I felt that course design needed more structure than we traditionally gave it. I bought other related titles at the same time. However, this is the book that I found myself returning to each time I had to deal with some aspect of course design or evaluation. I ...             Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)4 reviews Barbara E. Walvoord, Virginia Johnson Anderson Jossey-Bass, 1998 Excellent resource for college teachers + Almost a Grade-A Guide to Grading + Good resource + A book every teacher should read             Quality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions1 review Robert Benne Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001 A good work on an important subject... Benne takes six universities (Calvin, Wheaton, Baylor, Notre Dame, St. Olaf, and Valparaiso), and examines the paths these schools have taken in trying to establish the highest educational quality while maintaining their Christian soul. What makes this book interesting is to see the different ...             Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education ...14 reviews Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross Jossey-Bass, 1993 Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers + Opinion of Classroom Assessment Techniques + A very useful work + Classroom assessment + 50 CATs-- one WILL work for you             Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education ...4 reviews Barbara E. Walvoord Jossey-Bass, 2004 Very practical, highly usable + Good book + Looking for Help with Assessment + Great for beginners             Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice5 reviews Maryellen Weimer Jossey-Bass, 2002 Shifting the Focus + excellent book + Support for Educators + Excellent Overview + A very useful and well-researched approach             Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning6 reviews Mary E. Huba, Jann E. Freed Allyn & Bacon, 1999 A Different and Powerful Approach to Assessment + Very helpful Huba and Freed bridge the gap between assessment and student-centered teaching and learning. Throughout the text the authors include reflection questions to trigger thinking and changes in mental models. While the thrust of the book is conceptual, there are many practical suggestions for ...             Integrating Information Literacy into the Higher Education Curriculum: Practical Models for Transformation ... Ilene F. Rockman, and Associates Jossey-Bass, 2004 Research has shown that in order to develop information literacy skills, students must be given repeated opportunities throughout their college years to acquire and exercise these skills in their daily lives. Integrating Information Literacy into the Higher Education Curriculum is filled with information and practical examples from a wide variety of institutions that show how information ...             Successful Beginnings for College Teaching (Teaching Techniques/Strategies Series, V. 2)6 reviews Angela Provitera McGlynn Atwood Publishing, 2001 Not just for beginnings, but for the middle & end, too! + Useful one-stop shop for preparing for that first week + Took advice from the book and it worked + Beneficial for new and seasoned professors alike + Successful Beginnings means better learning             Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult ...2 reviews LASTTrudy W. Banta and Associates, Jon P. Lund, ... Jossey-Bass, 1995 Collection of Real-world Examples + Assessment Still Crucial While most books about assessment focus on the concepts and principles related to assessment to the exclusion of practical advice, this book provides over 60 case studies from a variety of institutions with multiple examples of assessment in the major, general education, student development, in the ...             Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University ...3 reviews Robert Leamnson Stylus Publishing, 1999 A Wealth of Good Advice in a Small Package + Insightful guide to teaching college students + Practical, Honest, Thoughtful Thinking About Teaching and Learning deserves a place on every professor's bookshelf. This author approaches college teaching from a basis that is usually ignored by other authors of resource books on college teaching, namely the basis of neuroscience and brain-based concepts about learning. ...             Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass ...11 reviews L. Dee Fink Jossey-Bass, 2003 title doesn't do it justice + Really great resource and reference + Creating Significant Learning Experiences - book review + Exceeded my expectations + Very interesting and useful book             Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the ...10 reviews John C. Bean Jossey-Bass, 1996 A GREAT PLEASURE + Using active learning to help students write well and thus think better + The Best Book Available on Creating Writing Assingments + Book for Class             Teaching as an Act of Faith: Theory and Practice in Church Related Higher Education Arlin Migliazzo Fordham University Press, 2002 What is—what should be—the role of religious values and practices in higher education? How can religious issues be raised legitimately and sensitively in the classroom? Here are practical strategies for faculty members in church-related colleges and universities who want to link religious values and issues more directly to their teaching. Drawing on Roman Catholic, Wesleyan, Lutheran, ...             What's The Use of Lectures?3 reviews Donald A. Bligh Jossey-Bass, 2000 A goldmine for lecturers + Still wonderful + Definitive Pedagogical Guide to Lecturing BOOK REVIEW: What's the Use of Lectures? by Donald Bligh. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. The following review is from from "Teaching Concerns" by Dustin Kidd First, some disappointing news for those of us who lecture: lectures are ineffective, as compared to other teaching methods, for teaching ...             Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice5 reviews Maryellen Weimer Jossey-Bass, 2002 Shifting the Focus + excellent book + Support for Educators + Excellent Overview + A very useful and well-researched approach             Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundation of Christian Higher Education2 reviews B&H Academic, 2002 A Scholarly and Thoughtful Contribution + As insightful as it is serious and thoughtful I believe that this book is an important contribution to the ongoing exploration (1) of whether or not we can integrate faith, learning, and living in a rational, academic, and scholarly way at institutions of higher education, (2) of why such integration is important, and (3)of how we can begin to ...             Teaching as an Act of Faith: Theory and Practice in Church Related Higher Education Arlin Migliazzo Fordham University Press, 2002 What is—what should be—the role of religious values and practices in higher education? How can religious issues be raised legitimately and sensitively in the classroom? Here are practical strategies for faculty members in church-related colleges and universities who want to link religious values and issues more directly to their teaching. Drawing on Roman Catholic, Wesleyan, Lutheran, ...             Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass ...11 reviews L. Dee Fink Jossey-Bass, 2003 title doesn't do it justice + Really great resource and reference + Creating Significant Learning Experiences - book review + Exceeded my expectations + Very interesting and useful book              Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen music: Organ: Concise Illustrated Guide (Book) home  impressum - about us