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Engaging ideas : the professor's guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom / John C. Bean ; foreword by Maryellen Weimer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education seriesPublisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Edition: First editionDescription: xxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787902039
  • 9780787902032
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.042
LOC classification:
  • PE1404. B35 1996
Contents:
Preface -- Foreword -- The Author -- Ch. 1. Using Writing to Promote Thinking: A Busy Professor's Guide to the Whole Book -- Ch. 2. How Writing Is Related to Critical Thinking -- Ch. 3. Engaging All Learners: Valuing Professional and Personal Writing -- Ch. 4. Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness -- Ch. 5. Formal Writing Assignments -- Ch. 6. Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities -- Ch. 7. Designing Tasks for Active Thinking and Learning -- Ch. 8. Helping Students Read Difficult Texts -- Ch. 9. Coaching Thinking Through the Use of Small Groups -- Ch. 10. Alternative Approaches to Active Learning in the Classroom -- Ch. 11. Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in Essay Exams -- Ch. 12. Encouraging Engagement and Inquiry in Research Papers -- Ch. 13. Coaching the Writing Process and Handling the Paper Load -- Ch. 14. Writing Comments on Students' Papers -- Ch. 15. Developing and Applying Grading Criteria -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.

Preface -- Foreword -- The Author -- Ch. 1. Using Writing to Promote Thinking: A Busy Professor's Guide to the Whole Book -- Ch. 2. How Writing Is Related to Critical Thinking -- Ch. 3. Engaging All Learners: Valuing Professional and Personal Writing -- Ch. 4. Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness -- Ch. 5. Formal Writing Assignments -- Ch. 6. Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities -- Ch. 7. Designing Tasks for Active Thinking and Learning -- Ch. 8. Helping Students Read Difficult Texts -- Ch. 9. Coaching Thinking Through the Use of Small Groups -- Ch. 10. Alternative Approaches to Active Learning in the Classroom -- Ch. 11. Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in Essay Exams -- Ch. 12. Encouraging Engagement and Inquiry in Research Papers -- Ch. 13. Coaching the Writing Process and Handling the Paper Load -- Ch. 14. Writing Comments on Students' Papers -- Ch. 15. Developing and Applying Grading Criteria -- References -- Index.

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