Reform in undergraduate science teaching for the 21st century / edited by Dennis W. Sunal, Emmett L. Wright, Jeanelle Bland Day.

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Published: Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2004.
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Series:Research in science education
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Improving undergraduate science teaching through educational research / Emmett L. Wright, Dennis W. Sunal and Jeanelle Bland Day
  • Pt. I. Lessons from research on reform in undergraduate science
  • 2. Science education reform and higher education : a historical perspective / Bonnie McCormick
  • 3. Reform in undergraduate science classrooms / Emmett L. Wright and Dennis W. Sunal
  • 4. Science education reform : factors affecting science and science education faculty collaborations / William S. Harwood
  • 5. The importance of prior knowledge in college science instruction / Kathleen M. Fisher
  • 6. Innovative pedagogy for meaningful learning in undergraduate science / Dennis W. Sunal
  • 7. Interdisciplinary curriculum planning in a college course / John E. Christopher and Ronald K. Atwood
  • 8. Assessment in college science courses / Lawrence C. Scharmann, Mark C. James and Ann Stalheim-Smith
  • 9. Teaching for diversity in undergraduate science / R. Lynn Jones Eaton
  • 10. Integrating information technology into undergraduate science / Michael Odell, Scott Badger, Teresa Kennedy, Timothy Ewers and Mitchell Klett
  • 11. Teaching undergraduate science online / C. W. Sundberg
  • 12. Professional development of university science faculty through action research 199 / Carol Dianne Raubenheimer
  • 13. A case study of a national undergraduate science reform effort / Dennis W. Sunal, Christy MacKinnon, Carol Dianne Raubenheimer, Deborah A. McAllister and Francis Gardner
  • Pt. II. Perspectives on reform in undergraduate science
  • 14. A large university perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science : a geologist's personal practice theories and pedagogical change / M. Jenice Goldston, Monica Clement and Jacqueline Spears
  • 15. A small four-year college perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science / Francis Gardner, Jr.
  • 16. A two-year college perspective on linking policy and research to support science education professional practice / Wayne Morgan
  • 17. A science education research organization's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science / Cheryl L. Mason and Steven W. Gilbert
  • 18. A science research organization perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science / George E. DeBoer
  • 19. Scientists' perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science : serving preservice science teachers in the context of a heterogeneous student population / Joseph A. Heppert and April French
  • 20. A university student's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science / Kimberly A. Staples
  • 21. A university science education researcher's perspective on reform in teaching undergraduate science / M. Jenice Goldston
  • Pt. III. Innovative models for reform in undergraduate science
  • 22. A model for reform in teaching in the biological sciences : changing the culture of an introductory biology course / Bonnie McCormick and Christy MacKinnon
  • 23. A model for reform in teaching in the biological sciences : infrastructure for inquiry in an introductory biology laboratory / Charlene Waggoner, Monika Schaffner, Kimberly L. Keller and Julia McArthur
  • 24. A model for reform in teaching chemistry : with a focus on prospective elementary teachers / Dorothy L. Gabel
  • 25. A model for reform in teaching physics : large-enrollment physics classes / Dean Zollman
  • 26. A model for reform in teaching geological laboratory science / M. Jenice Goldston and Monica Clement
  • 27. A model for reform in teaching integrated science : promoting scientific literacy among undergraduate non-science majors / Scott Graves, Michael Odell, Timothy Ewers and John Ophus
  • 28. A model for reform in teaching in engineering and technology : creating links among disciplines for increased scientific literacy / Jeanelle Bland Day
  • 29. A model for reform in teaching engineering and technology : with a focus on prospective elementary teachers / William Jordan, Bill Elmore and C. W. Sundberg
  • 30. A model for reform in teaching in engineering and technology : artificial intelligence systems in science / Charles L. Karr and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal.