Optimizing Teaching and Learning

Optimizing Teaching and Learning will serve as a practical guide for anyone, anywhere, who is interested in improving their teaching, the learning of their students, and correspondingly, contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

• Bridges the gap between the research and practice of SoTL
• Provides explicit instructions on how to design, conduct, analyze, and write-up SoTL work
• Includes samples of actual questionnaires and other materials (e.g., focus group questions) that will jumpstart investigations into teaching and learning
• Explores the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical practices and present applications of SoTL using case studies from a variety of disciplines