Helping faculty develop high-quality instruction that positively affects student learning can be complicated by time limitations, a lack of resources, and inexperience using student data to make iterative improvements. We describe a community of 16 faculty from five institutions who overcame these challenges and collaboratively designed, taught,…

A BROAD STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCEDURES AND COSTS OF THE NEWER MEDIA PREPARED FOR COURSE INSTRUCTION AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. DETAILS OF THE STUDY WERE PRESENTED IN TWO SEMINAR PAPERS THAT WERE PRESENTED AS DISSEMINATION REPORTS IN 1965 AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION IN CHICAGO,…

This article describes a set of learning activities that use algebraic problems and written student work to help preservice and in-service teachers understand students' algebraic thinking. (Contains 4 figures.)

A TWO-PART STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL MEDIA INNOVATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES TO SERVE OTHERS. IN PART A, THE OPERATION OF MEDIA SUPPORT AGENCIES AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTED COURSES OF STUDY EMPLOYING THE NEWER MEDIA WERE REVIEWED.…