Professional Development
This project investigates the effectiveness of professional development initiatives and their potential to improve student learning. This research seeks to extend to postsecondary institutions the lessons researchers learned regarding successful teacher development in the K-12 and higher education teaching arenas. The project includes research on the improvement of postsecondary pedagogy, innovative teacher education efforts within community colleges, and accelerating the education of remedial students in postsecondary education.
NCPI Reports:
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"Why is Research the Rule? The Impact of Incentive Systems on Faculty Behavior."
Mar/Apr,2000.
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Publication L-14
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"Grading Skills by Discipline: A Comparison of Faculty Instructional Goals."
May/Jun,1999.
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Publication L-10
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"Telling Time: Comparing Faculty Instructional Practices at Three Types of Institutions."
Mar/Apr,1999.
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Publication L-09
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"From Remediation to Acceleration: Raising the Bar in Developmental Education."
Jan/Feb,1999.
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Publication L-08
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"Exceptional Teaching in Community Colleges: An Analysis of Nominations for the U.S. Professors of the Year Program, 1995-1997."
Julie Kerekes and Mary Taylor Huber.
1998.
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Publication 4-04
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"Ending the Disconnect Between the Student Evaluation of Teaching and the Improvement of Teaching: A Faculty Developer's Plea ."
Michele Marincovich.
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Publication 4-02
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"Replacing Remediation with Acceleration in Higher Education: Preliminary Report on Literature Review and Initial Interviews ."
Henry Levin and Bill Koski.
1997.
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Publication 4-01
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"Casting New Light on Old Notions: A Changing Understanding of Community College Faculty."
Nov/Dec,1998.
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Publication L-07
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Please check back for forthcoming NCPI reports.
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