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Volume 2, Number 2
July 2008

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4,003 Readers from 114 countries on Notification List (updated July 10, 2008)

Invited Essays on SoTL

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What is it? A Personal View
Michael Prosser (The University of Hong Kong)

Changing Trains: The Story of SOTL in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Joanna Renc-Roe (Central European University)

Research Articles

Using Scholarly Research in Course Redesign: Teaching to Engage Students with Authentic Disciplinary Practices
Rachel G. Ragland (Lake Forest College)

The Impact of Grading on the Curve: A Simulation Analysis
George Kulick & Ronald Wright (Le Moyne College)

The Bridge Course Design: Formative Assessment and Student-Centered Learning in Cross-Course Classrooms
John Davies (Brigham Young University), Casey Welch (Flagler College), & Jace Hargis (University of the Pacific)

Superhero as Metaphor: Using Creative Pedagogies to Engage
Christie H. Burton (Clayton State University)

Computer Facilitated Reflective Practice in a Postgraduate Supervisor’s Feedback to Students
Kathy Ahern (University of Queensland) & Fiona Hawthorne (Bond University)

Student Perceptions of the Purpose and Function of the Laboratory in Science: A Grounded Theory Study
Cianán Russell & Gabriela Weaver (Purdue University)

Using Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to Inquire Into Pre-service Teachers’ Science Lesson Planning Considerations
Geeta Verma (Georgia State University)

Effects of Active Learning Variants on Student Performance and Learning Perceptions
Abdi-Rizak Mohamed (North Seattle Community College)

Beyond Content, Deeper than Delivery: What Critique Feedback Reveals about Communication Expectations in Design Education
Deanna Dannels, Amy Gaffney, & Kelly Martin (North Carolina State University)

Adult Teaching Methods in China and Bloom’s Taxonomy
Victor Wang & Lesley Farmer (California State University, Long Beach)

A Game Approach to Teach Environmentally Benign Manufacturing in the Supply Chain
Donna M. Qualters (Suffolk University), Jacqueline A. Isaacs, Thomas P. Cullinane, Jay Laird, & Ann McDonald (Northeastern University), & Jessica D. Corriere (Dome-Tech Field Engineering)

Essays About SoTL

Navigating the SoTL Landscape: A Compass, Map and Some Tools for Getting Started
Mia O’Brien (University of Queensland)

Power and Expertise: Student-Faculty Collaboration in Course Design and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Richard Mihans, Deborah Long & Peter Felten (Elon University)

Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Study of the Factors Identified as Promoting and Hindering the Scholarly Activities of Academics in One Faculty
Kerry Dobbins (Birmingham City University)

Changing Our Brains: Transforming a Traditional View of Scholarship and Teaching
Brian Caster & Robert Hautala (Western Oregon University)

Personal Reflection

A Reflection on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as Democratic Practice
David Dees (Kent State University - Salem Campus)

What If…?
Sandra Bassendowski (University of Saskatchewan)

Book Reviews

Exploring Research Based Teaching (New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 106), Carolin Kreber, Editor (Jossey-Bass, 2006);
review by Iain Doherty (University of Auckland)

The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (2nd Edition), Stephen Brookfield (Jossey-Bass, 2006);
review by Ellen Cotter (Georgia Southwestern State University)

Inside the Undergraduate Experience, Catharine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald Gillmore and Andrew Fisher (Anker, 2007);
review by Catherine Ross (University of Connecticut)

Developing Outcomes-based Assessment for Learner-centered Education: A Faculty Introduction, Amy Driscoll and Swarup Wood (Stylus, 2007);
review by Michael Potter (University of Windsor)

Non-western Perspectives on Learning and Knowing, Sharan Merriam & Associates (Krieger, 2007);
review by Joellen Coryell, Jeannine Palow, Ngang Che, Tim Senesi, Greg Longoria (University of Texas at San Antonio)

The Way of the Teacher, J. M. Haile (Macatea, 2005);
review by Matt Fisher (Saint Vincent College)

Meaningful Course Revision: Enhancing Academic Engagement Using Student Learning Data, Catherine Wehlburg (Jossey-Bass, 2007);
review by Gail Rathbun (Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne)

Conquering the Content: A Step-by-Step Guide to Online Course Design, Robin Smith (Jossey-Bass, 2008)
review by Donna Vinton (University of Northern Iowa)

Thirteen Strategies to Measure College Teaching, Ron Berk (Stylus, 2006)
review by Louis Keiner (Coastal Carolina University)

Aligning for Learning, Strategies for Teaching Effectiveness, Donald Wulff, Editor (Anker, 2005);
review by Jean Martin-Williams (University of Georgia)

Readers' Responses to Volume 2, No. 1

Response to “How Students Use the Course Syllabus,” Sharon Calhoon & Angela Becker
from Hilarie Nickerson (University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative)


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