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Direct linkFink, L. Dee – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
During the past few decades, faculty developers within the United States and internationally have steadily become more aware of the need to do a better job of assessing their programs. They are part of institutions of higher education that are also growing more aware that they not only need to "support" learning by professors and students but they…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Colleges, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation
Britton, Willoughby B.; Brown, Anne-Catharine; Kaplan, Christopher T.; Goldman, Roberta E.; DeLuca, Marie; Rojiani, Rahil; Reis, Harry; Xi, Mandy; Chou, Jonathan C.; McKenna, Faye; Hitchcock, Peter; Rocha, Tomas A.; Himmelfarb, Josh; Margolis, David M.; Niles, Halsey F.; Eckert, Allison M.; Frank, Tana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
Contemplative practices, which engage the subjective or "first-person" perspective, are being incorporated into systems of higher education that have traditionally relied on didactic or "third-person" approaches (Dederer 2007; Kroll 2010; Repetti 2010; Roth 2006; Shapiro, Brown, and Astin 2011; Smith 2006; Zajonc 2006). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Metacognition
Coppola, Brian P. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
In this chapter, the author begins with something that is nearly self-evident: a primary reason that STEM faculty members are so successful in research, even in the face of constantly changing and exponentially growing information, is the highly intentional program of professional preparation that they receive. For over a hundred years,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Science Education, Technology Education, Engineering Education
La Lopa, Joseph M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Authentic learning activities call for understandable assessments. In this chapter, the process used to involve students in developing an evaluation tool is described. This tool was used by a panel to grade proposal presentations developed in an authentic learning task.
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Tourism
Achacoso, Michelle V. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Instructors can help students improve their metacognitive awareness and future exam performance by analyzing an exam after it has been taken. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Metacognition, College Students, College Faculty, Management Systems
Howell, Scott L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
Although instructional methods are moving in ever greater number to a multimedia base, testing is not. What principles should be considered in correcting this misalignment?
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Teaching Methods, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Kurz, Lisa; Banta, Trudy W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2004
This chapter outlines the understanding gained when working with faculty to learn about assessment, to develop a plan, and to support them as they carry out and interpret their assessments. (Contains 1 table and 1 exhibit.)
Descriptors: Exhibits, Faculty Development, Intellectual Disciplines, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDurham, Taylor R. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1989
The study of management in historical and comparative perspective can help resolve tensions between business and the liberal arts in undergraduate education. With the stimulus provided by the Professional Preparation Network, the Business Department at Skidmore College has developed a set of courses for the college's liberal studies core…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Peer reviewedReid, Joy M. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
International students who have learned English in the classroom have different writing problems than U.S. resident language minority students who have learned English primarily by listening. Non-native speakers need information and practice in specific areas of academic prose such as content and organization. Many language minority residents also…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
