Using Action Research to Improve Teaching and Student Learning in College

Autor/inn/en	Raubenheimer, C. Dianne; Myka, Jennifer L.
Titel	Using Action Research to Improve Teaching and Student Learning in College
Quelle	In: Journal of College Science Teaching, 34 (2005) 6, S.12-16 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-231X
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Higher Education; College Faculty; Teaching Methods; Teacher Improvement; Instructional Effectiveness; Science Instruction; Teacher Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung
Abstract	Since publication of Boyer's seminal work entitled "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate" (1990), there has been a substantial movement in higher education to improve the quality of instruction and to develop the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) at universities and colleges across the United States. Typically, students in higher education experience instruction that is content-driven and teacher-centered (NSSE 2000), often resulting in high attrition rates from the sciences (Seymour and Aikenhead 1995). In contrast, the concept of SoTL advocates that faculty systematically examine their classroom contexts to improve teaching strategies to enhance student learning. One research method that has been identified as valuable for facilitating this process is that of action research (Kember 2000). Because action research involves iterative cycles of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting, the authors raised and investigated a series of successive research questions. They then report on three cycles. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10