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References from Tom Angelo

Background for "A Conversation with Tom Angelo 

re: Assessment in Undergraduate Higher Education"

Date:June 27, 2014  Time: 2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.  

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This list of references re Active Learning, Concept Inventories, Conceptual Science Teaching, etc. was provided by Tom Angelo via Email to Steve Gilbert June 24, 25 2014

Freeman, S. et al. (2014). "Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics."

As of 20140626: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410.full?sid=8a632f2d-301c-420b-a4db-815dbb60935c

       

Hattie, J. A. C. (2009). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. New York: Routledge. pp. 1-47 as preview available online as of 20140626 at:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ZO8jmUjQbs0C&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Visible+Learning:+A+Synthesis+of+Over+800+Meta-Analysis+Relating+to+Achievement&ots=1-Jzpp00pF&sig=NXKAa1PuVJ-Dort-Hb52PjOwJ4Q#v=onepage&q=Visible%20Learning%3A%20A%20Synthesis%20of%20Over%20800%20Meta-Analysis%20Relating%20to%20Achievement&f=false

The National Academies Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Education

• http://www.academiessummerinstitute.org/
• “The goal of the Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Education is to transform education at colleges and universities by improving classroom education and attracting more diverse students to research. We undertake to train faculty and instructional staff in a scientific approach to teaching that reflects the way we work as researchers.”

Websites – Organized by Session Topics

Backward Design for STEM (The Understanding by Design model by J. McTighe)

• https://www.mheonline.com/glencoemath/pdf/ubd.pdf

Concept Inventories

• Using Concept Inventories to Improve Instruction
  http://www.niu.edu/spectrum/2011/spring/conceptinventories.shtml
• "Concept Inventories" & Force Concept Inventory (FCI)
  http://www.foundationcoalition.org/home/keycomponents/concept/
• CiHub.org A community for concept inventory developers, researchers, faculty, and students
  https://cihub.org/

Concept Tests

• Interactive Learning Toolkit – Project Galileo at Harvard [Includes collection of concept tests] https://galileo.seas.harvard.edu/login/ (You have to register, but it’s free)
• http://modeling.asu.edu/modeling/ConcepTests.htm

Conceptual Science Teaching

• "Web Sites for College Astronomy Instructors" http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astronomy-resource-guides/web-sites-for-college-astronomy-instructors/
• Open Stax College Concepts of Biology https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/concepts-of-biology
• "Conceptual Chemistry Alive!" http://conceptualchemistry.com/
• "Conceptual Physics - Wikipedia" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_physics
• "Statistical teaching initiatives and resources around the world." http://www.statsci.org/teaching.html

Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG) for STEM Instructors

• http://www.flaguide.org/cat/contests/contests1.php

Five E and Seven E Learning Cycles

• http://faculty.mwsu.edu/west/maryann.coe/coe/inquire/inquiry.htm
• http://emp.byui.edu/FIRESTONEL/bio405/readings/Bio%20305%20readings/inquiry/expanding%20the%205%20E%20model.pdf

IDEA Education at Kansas State – Resources on multiple topics

• http://ideaedu.org/
• http://ideaedu.org/research-and-papers/idea-papers

Eric Mazur’s sites

• http://mazur.harvard.edu/education/educationmenu.php
• http://blog.peerinstruction.net/

Eric Mazur on ConcepTests

• http://mazur.harvard.edu/research/detailspage.php?rowid=8
• http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture
• http://mazur.harvard.edu/search-talks.php?function=recent

      

Jose Mestre’s site

• http://education.illinois.edu/people/mestre

The National Center for Academic Transformation – Course Redesign

• http://www.thencat.org/Guides/AllDisciplines/TOC.html

Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Journal Directory (searchable by discipline)

• "Teaching Journals Directory" http://cetl.kennesaw.edu/teaching-journals-directory

The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

• http://serc.carleton.edu/index.html

Carl Wieman’s Science Education Initiative

• http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/
• http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/resources/files/CourseTransformationGuide_CWSEI_CU-SEI.pdf

Videoclips "Active Learning in Action"

• http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/02/interactive-teaching