Start with a Story: The Case Study Method of Teaching College Science

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Clyde Freeman Herreid
NSTA Press, 2007 - 466 pages
Kipp Herreid learned other ways to teach- much better ways. His favorite approach puts science in vivid context through case studies, which he calls "stories with an educational message." This compilation of 40-plus essays examines every aspect of the case study method.--[back cover].

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Contents

We Need a New Approach
1
IIWhat are Case Studies?
27
IIITypes of Case Studies
53
IVHow to Teach With Case Studies
61
Classical Method
83
An Overview
125
VIIProblemBased Learning
151
VIIIInterrupted Case Method
167
XIIIHybrid Case Methods
251
XIVDirected Case Method
299
XVHow Not to Teach With Case Studies
331
XVIHow to Write Case Studies
349
XVIIHow to Write Case Study Teaching Notes
385
XVIIIHow to Grade Students Using CaseBased Teaching
393
XIXAssessment and Evaluation of the Case Study Process
401
XXFuture of Case Teaching
421

IXIntimate Debate Method
179
XTeamBased Learning
187
XILarge Class Methods
219
XIIIndividual Case Study Methods
237
Appendix IAbout the Authors
443
Appendix IIOriginal Chapter References
445
Index
449
Copyright

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Page 413 - I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind...
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Page 156 - When I use a word ... it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.
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Page 139 - Anna Karenina: Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Page 140 - Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.
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