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Peer reviewedNevins, Katherine J. – Liberal Education, 1992
A three-year program at Bethel College (Minnesota) has introduced faculty to various models of college student development, including the reflective judgment model of intellectual development, and their instructional applications. Knowledge of student development, now common to faculty and staff, has had a profound impact on teaching, learning,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPaulsen, Michael B.; Feldman, Kenneth A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Research and theory suggest that college students' motivation to learn is related to their epistemological beliefs. Faculty can promote student motivation by designing learning activities that facilitate student development of more sophisticated epistemological beliefs. Faculty developers can assist in this by giving special attention to the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Epistemology
McGrath, Dennis; Seymour, Evan – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1996
The evolution of the Honors Program at the Community College of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) is described, focusing on faculty participation and program decisions. Central program features are practices that build an intellectual community among faculty and students, including an interdisciplinary curriculum, seminars and writing groups,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, Collegiality, Community Colleges
Cross, K. Patricia; Steadman, Mimi Harris – 1996
The centerpiece of this book are four cases which illustrate classroom research in the context of various learning issues in college classrooms. The cases are intended for discussion by readers of: (1) how the students in the hypothesized situation perceive what is going on; (2) possible hypotheses about what is interfering with student learning;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
