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Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom
John C. Bean
ISBN: 978-0-7879-0203-2
Paperback
304 pages
March 1996
US $40.00 add_to_cart.gif
 
Table of Contents
 
Using Writing to Promote Thinking: A Busy Professor's Guide to the Whole Book.

UNDERSTANDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THINKING AND WRITING.

How Writing is Related to Critical Thinking.

Engaging All Learners: Valuing Professional and Personal Writing.

Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness.

DESIGNING PROBLEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS.

Formal Writing Assignments.

Informal, Exploratory Writing Activities.

COACHING STUDENTS AS LEARNERS, THINKERS, AND WRITERS.

Designing Tasks for Active Thinking and Learning.

Helping Students Read Difficult Texts.

Coaching Thinking Through the Use of Small Groups.

Alternative Approaches to Active Learning in the Classroom.

Enhancing Learning and Critical Thinking in Essay Exams.

Encouraging Engagement and Inquiry in Research Papers.

READING, COMMENTING ON, AND GRADING STUDENT WRITING.

Coaching the Writing Process and Handling the Paper Load.

Writing Comments on Students' Papers.

Developing and Applying Grading Criteria.
 
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