Peer-Led Team Learning: Evaluation, Dissemination, and Institutionalization of a College Level Initiative (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)

There 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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Innovations in Science Education and Technology, 16
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2008
Authors:	Leo Gafney • Pratibha Varma-Nelson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	156
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-7559-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Examinations & assessment Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	90-481-7559-3
Barcode:	9789048175598

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