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OverviewThere seems to be no end to the flood of conferences, workshops, panel discussions, reports and research studies calling for change in the introductory science courses in our colleges and universities. But, there comes a time to move from criticism to action. In 1993, the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation called for proposals for systemic initiatives to change the way int- ductory chemistry is taught. One of the five awards was to design, develop and implement the peer-led Workshop, a new structure to help students learn science. This book is a study of 15 years of work by the Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) project, a national consortium of faculty, learning specialists and students. The authors have been in the thick of the action as project evaluator (Gafney) and co-principle investigator (Varma-Nelson). Readers of this book will find a story of successful change in educational practice, a story that continues today as new institutions, faculty, and disciplines adopt the PLTL model. They will learn the model in theory and in practice and the supporting data that encourage others to adopt and adapt PLTL to new sit- tions. Although the project has long since lost count of the number of implem- tations of the model, conservative estimates are that more than 100 community and four year colleges and a range of universities have adopted the PLTL model to advance student learning for more than 20,000 students in a variety of STEM disciplines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leo Gafney , Pratibha Varma-NelsonPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Volume: 16 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048175598ISBN 10: 9048175593 Pages: 156 Publication Date: 22 November 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsFrom the reviews: The authors' focus is to describe the mechanics of developing an initiative locally, expanding it to a national level, and evaluating its impacts on multiple sets of stakeholders. ! the goal of this book is to offer a 'big picture' account; thus, readers must consult individual papers to get details of the studies. ! Overall, I believe that this book will become an important resource for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty ! . (Gautam Bhattacharyya, Journal of Chemical Education, December, 2010) From the reviews: This book is a must read for anyone writing their first proposal for NSF's TUES (formerly CCLI) program! Overall, I believe that this book will become an important resource for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty because Gafney and Varma-Nelson offer insight in addition to knowledge they have gained. Most importantly, this book should have broad appeal because the authors are able to get their points across with clarity and rigor without getting bogged down with too much jargon. Gautam Bhattacharyya teaches Chemistry at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA The authors' focus is to describe the mechanics of developing an initiative locally, expanding it to a national level, and evaluating its impacts on multiple sets of stakeholders. ! the goal of this book is to offer a 'big picture' account; thus, readers must consult individual papers to get details of the studies. ! Overall, I believe that this book will become an important resource for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty ! . (Gautam Bhattacharyya, Journal of Chemical Education, December, 2010) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |