Optimizing teaching and learning [electronic resource] : practicing pedagogical research / Regan A. R. Gurung and Beth M. Schwartz

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