A Fractal Thinker Looks at Learning, Observing and Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes a way to reorganize available information on materials, processes and rates to make teaching part of a more understandable system interrelated in space and time. Fractals may ...

The Knowledge Survey: A Tool for All Reasons part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website discusses knowledge surveys, which offer a powerful way to achieve course organization and enact instructional alignment. Surveys serve as powerful assessment tools that provide a ...

The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website presents educational case studies in a variety of disciplines. Featured case studies are designed to be used in teaching, applying science concepts to public policy, legal disputes, and ...

Strategies and mechanisms for electronic peer review part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This journal article published at the October 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference discusses strategies and mechanisms for electronic peer review. It outlines a peer-grading system for review of ...

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

CETP Core Evaluation: Project Publications part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Motivating Students part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter from the book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis is a great place to start for ideas and tips about increasing student motivation in your classes. The author presents a handy ...

Understanding by Design part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Wiggins and McTighe propose a multifaceted approach to education, with six 'facets' of understanding. The facets combine with backward design to provide a powerful, practical framework for designing ...

The Expert Educator part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This education textbook includes chapters on the basics of education, multiple intelligences, a variety of teaching strategies (such as case studies, role-playing, and lecturing), the use of media, ...

Teaching Physics with Physics Suite part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book aims to help educators learn to be more effective at teaching physics. It describes a variety of tools for improving both teaching and learning, including new kinds of homework and exam ...