The following is a list of resources that Shirley has found valuable to herself and her students:
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, editors, National Science Foundation
Learner Centered Education
Arizona State University Site includes links to examples of "learner centered" principles and case histories at other universities, institutional responses and reference material on change.
A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
by Barbara Gross Davis, Lynn Wood, Robert C. Wilson
An online version of Tools for Teaching: a compendium of tips for organizing lectures, promoting classroom discussion, encouraging student involvement, etc.
New Chalk
Managing an Online Course, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
How to Plan, Deliver, and Evaluate a University Course
Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University.
Evaluating Web Resources
Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University
The American Freshman: National Norms
Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA - Findings from CIRP, a national survey of first year students
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