Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice

Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice
ISBN-10
0787901334
ISBN-13
9780787901332
Series
Teaching on Solid Ground
Category
Education / General
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Wiley
Authors
Maryellen Weimer, Robert J. Menges

Description

An excellent book for faculty who regard teaching as more than a set of techniques. Menges and Weimer focus on connecting teaching with student learning, and they help faculty develop a systematic inquiry into teaching strategies, as well as showing them how to better utilize students assessment in the classroom.
?Larry Braskamp, dean of the College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago

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