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Publication Date: 2011-Mar
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In Case You Are Interested: Results of a Survey of Case Study Teachers
Herreid, Clyde Freeman; Schiller, Nancy A.; Herreid, Ky F.; Wright, Carolyn
Journal of College Science Teaching, v40 n4 p76-80 Mar 2011
Case study teaching had a long tradition in law and business before it made the jump to medical school education in the form of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in the 1970s. Today, both the University of Delaware's Clearinghouse and the University of Buffalo's National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (NCCSTS) have hundreds of cases and teaching notes on their websites that serve thousands of teachers worldwide. To determine who these users are, the authors decided to develop a brief survey consisting of 12 questions using SurveyMonkey, a web-based survey tool, and then invited members of their Listserv to respond to it over a several-week period this summer. They received 1,634 responses. The data in the figures included here and their comments below represent the results of this survey. Not all of the data add up to 100% as faculty chose more than one response for some questions. (Contains 5 resources.)
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Web Sites, Surveys, College Faculty, Case Studies, STEM Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Audience Response, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Educational Media
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Delaware; New York
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