In addition to the registration fees, there are costs associated with textbooks required for each module, as shown below. These books are recommended for anyone interested in building a library of resources for teaching improvement. The books listed below may also be available through your college or university library.
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Module |
Textbook/Article Title, Author, Publisher, Date, |
Approximate Cost on Amazon.com (2006) |
Notes on Availability |
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1 |
Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate by Ernest Boyer. Jossey-Bass, 1997, ISBN: 0787940690 |
$25.00 (new paperback) |
New and used |
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2 and 7 |
Designing and Assessing Courses: A Practical Guide by Robert Diamond, Jossey-Bass, 1998, ISBN: 0787910309 |
$36.12 (new paperback) |
New and used |
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2 |
Teaching tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers by Wilbur McKeachie & Marilla Svinicki, 12th ed. Houghton Mifflin Co; 2005, ISBN: 0618515569 |
$41.98 (new paperback) |
New and used. |
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3 |
Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom by Chet Meyers & Thomas B. Jones..Jossey-Bass, 1993, ISBN: ISBN: 1555425240 |
$36 (new hardcover) |
New and used |
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4A |
Teaching Online: A Practical Guide by Susan Ko & Steve.Rossen, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin; 2004, ISBN: 0618298487. |
$39.16 (new paperback) |
New and used |
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4B |
Bringing Problem-based Learning to Higher Education by Luann Wilkerson & Wim Gijselaers (Eds), Jossey-Bass, 1996, ISBN: 0787999342 |
$29.00 (new paperback) |
New & used |
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5 |
Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, Improving by Catherine Palomba & Trudy Banta, Jossey-Bass, 1999, ISBN: 0787941808 |
$42.00 (new hardcover) |
New and used |
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5 |
Assessment of Student Achievement by Norman Gronlund, 8th ed. Allyn & Bacon, 2005, ISBN: 0205457274 |
$46.80 (new paperback) |
New and used |
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6 |
Leading Change – Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter, Harvard Business Review OnPoint Article, 2000 Product Number: 4231 |
$7 (for a pdf) download at: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu |
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