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Scholarship • Teaching • Learning
Vol. 3 No. 1, February 2008, Featured Articles
"Sparking Students
Through Problem-Based Learning." Mary Brakke and Kevin Smith
This article explores the effects of problem-based learning (PBL). What
happens when students grapple with unstructured and real world
problems? How do they formulate evidence-based responses to questions
such as "are genetically modified organisms safe?" In
addition to analyzing how students adapt to a PBL model, Brakke
and Smith are also interested in formally measuring student motivation
and study habits. The article details their struggles with classroom
assessment and formal survey instruments.
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"The Dilemma of Measuring
Motivation and Study Habits." Mary Brakke and Kevin Smith
This article is a companion piece to "Sparking Students
Through Problem-Based Leanring." In it, Brakke and
Smith recount the methods and instruments used to collect
data on the ways problem-based learning affects student motivation. They
also reflect on the limitations of problem-based learning
that these instruments uncover.
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"My Magnificent Seven:
A Memoir of Students Who Have Shaped My Teaching." Kathleen O'Donovan
With this issue, we continue to publish excerpts from the Making
Meaning of a Life in Teaching program. In this essay, Kathleen
O'Donovan reflects on what she terms her "reservoirs
of revelation." In this excerpt, she recalls one student,
a Cambodian scholar, whose personal struggle reminds us of how
much we learn from our students, particularly when we are drawn
into their world as learners.
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"What is 'Scholarly Teaching'?" Paul
Baepler
In the previous issue, we briefly outlined the history of the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and we promised to
further outline the role of SoTL in the framework of faculty work.
Specifically, we need to understand how SoTL relates to the idea
of "good teaching" and to that of "scholarly
teaching." Do these three categories make sense when we look
at the educational facet of an instructor's career?
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