Project-Based Learning in the First Year Beyond All Expectations

Published in association with This book has two goals: First, to show the value of significant project-based work for first-year undergraduate students; and Second, to share how to introduce this work into first year programs. The authors spend the bulk of the book sharing what they have learned abo...

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Main Author: Wobbe, Kristin
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Sterling, Va Routledge 2019
Stylus Pub., LLC
Taylor & Francis Group
Stylus Publishing, LLC
Stylus Publishing
Edition:1
Subjects:
College teaching
College teaching > Methodology
Methodology
Project method in teaching
Team Teaching
Peer Assessments
Educative Assessment
PLA
Team Dynamics
Information Literacy
Student Engagement
Requiring Library Research
Task Schedule
PBL Approach
Common Language
PBL
National Academy
Project Based Learning
College Professor
Faculty
Team Charters
Information Literacy Skills
Information Literacy Instruction
High Impact Practice
Instructional Team
Zika Virus
Project-Based Learning
Student Project Work
Institutional Support
Peer Learning Assistants
Student Project Teams
Sponsored Projects
Student Teams
ISBN:9781620366899, 1620366886, 1620366894, 9781620366882
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Do Project-Based Learning-Save the World -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Little Bit of History: The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Plan and the Great Problems Seminars -- Part One: Making the Case for Project-Based Learning in the First Year -- 1 An Introduction to Project-Based Learning in the First Year -- 2 The Value of a Transdisciplinary Approach -- 3 Institutional Support -- Part Two: Preparing for Project-Based Learning -- 4 Reenvisioning the Role of Faculty -- 5 Team Teaching: Dialogic Duets -- 6 Assessment of Project-Based Learning in the First Year -- 7 Supporting Project-Based Learning with Librarians and Information Literacy -- 8 Sponsored Projects: Learning with a Sense of Urgency and Agency -- Part Three: Making Project-Based Learning Work in the Classroom -- 9 Setting First-Year Students up for Success in a Project -- 10 Teaching Course Content Through Skill Building -- 11 Equitable and Effective Student Teams: Creating and Managing Team Dynamics for Equitable Learning Outcomes -- 12 Managing Team Dynamics and Conflict on Student Project Teams -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index