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Research on Teaching

Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness

Research articles on use of student ratings and peer review to evaluate teaching effectiveness as well as articles on creating an evaluation plan. From the University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. Retrieved July 17, 2008 .

Research on Student Evaluation of Teaching

Algozzine, B., Beattie, J., Bray, M., Flowers, C., Gretes, J., Howley, L., Mohanty,G., and Spooner, F. (2004). Student Evaluation of College Teaching: A practice in search of principles. College Teaching, 52(4), 134-141. Retrieved Sept. 25, 2006 from EBSCO host at the Helmke Library.

Teaching with Technology

Animation

Murphy, T. (2004). Research Based Methods for Using PowerPoint, Animation, and Video for Instruction. In the proceedings of SIGUCCS’04, October 10–13, 2004, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A literature review of research on effective instructional use of animations in PowerPoint. http://www.ipfw.edu/celt/assets/images/StevesImages/pdf-file.gif

Classroom response systems (for example, eInstruction; the “clickers”)

Computer-based Games and Simulations

Amory, A., Naicker, K., Vincent, J., & Adams, C. (1999, October). The use of games as an educational tool: Identification of appropriate game types and game elements. British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(4), 311.

The articles below are from a special issue of Innovate: Journal of Onlilne Education, February/March 2006. Retreived July 17, 2008.