Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11200183
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Other authors / contributors:Fox, Marye Anne, 1947-
Hackerman, Norman.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, and Rewarding Undergraduate Teaching.
ISBN:0309072778
9780309072779
0305072778
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes index.
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Other form:Print version: Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2003
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Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technology.

Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics offers a vision for systematic evaluation of teaching practices and academic programs, with recommendations to the various stakeholders in higher education about how to achieve change.

What is good undergraduate teaching? This book discusses how to evaluate undergraduate teaching of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and what characterizes effective teaching in these fields.

Why has it been difficult for colleges and universities to address the question of teaching effectiveness? The committee explores the implications of differences between the research and teaching cultures-and how practices in rewarding researchers could be transferred to the teaching enterprise.

How should administrators approach the evaluation of individual faculty members? And how should evaluation results be used? The committee discusses methodologies, offers practical guidelines, and points out pitfalls.

Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics provides a blueprint for institutions ready to build effective evaluation programs for teaching in science fields.

Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages)
ISBN:0309072778
9780309072779
0305072778