Required Texts

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.

Module

Textbook/Article Title, Author, Publisher, Date,
and ISBN

Approximate Cost on Amazon.com (2006)

Notes on Availability

1

Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate by Ernest Boyer. Jossey-Bass, 1997, ISBN: 0787940690

$25.00 (new paperback)

New and used

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

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.

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

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

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

5

Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, Improving  by Catherine Palomba & Trudy Banta, Jossey-Bass, 1999, ISBN: 0787941808

$42.00 (new hardcover)

New and used

5

Assessment of Student Achievement by Norman Gronlund, 8th ed. Allyn & Bacon, 2005, ISBN: 0205457274

$46.80 (new paperback)

New and used

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
/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=4231