Here are some recent books that I’ve skimmed or plan to skim 😉 in case any look interesting to you. For most of them I’ve found a free summary or review online, as well.
- Engineering Education
- Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research – came out earlier this year
- A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education – see The Big Beacon Manifesto (pdf) for a short intro to their approach.
- Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
- Technologies
- Engaging Students through Social Media: Evidence-Based Practices for Use in Student Affairs – by Reynol Junco. See this Teaching with Twitter post that summarizes some of his research as well as other tips for using social media for educational and professional purposes (student digital identity development or professional networking).
- Minds on Fire: How Role-Immersion Games Transform College – see this recent article about the book: Role-Playing Game Upends College Lecture and Ignites Fire in Students
- Teaching in a Digital Age – a book Tony Bates is sharing online while he is working on it
- Practical Design Patterns for Teaching and Learning with Technology – you can also find information about pedagogical design patterns online
- The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University – here is a review of the book
- The Anti-Education Era: Creating Smarter Students through Digital Learning – by James Paul Gee
- Learning and Education
- Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students’ Self-Awareness and Learning Skills – by Linda Nilson. The University of Denver had a whole conference on the topic with Linda as the main speaker.
- Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates – follow up to Academically Adrift. See the article “New book blames colleges for many college graduates’ difficult adjustment to adulthood.”
- How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens – haven’t read this yet, but see the article Our Education System Conflicts With the Science of Learning and How Does the Brain Learn Best? Smart Studying Strategies
- 50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools: The Real Crisis in Education – by David Berliner & Gene Glass. Here’s one article about the book.
- Math Education
- Mathematics & Mathematics Education: Searching for a Common Ground – for over 100 years there have been battles about math teaching, and often pure mathematicians and math education specialists are at odds with one another. Here’s a review of the book.
- The BetterExplained site has some of the most intuitive explanations of math concepts, and there is an ebook available.
- A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) – by Barbara Oakley, see her MOOC on Learning How to Learn
- Calculus I: A Guided Inquiry – been checking out this and other POGIL books (process-oriented guided inquiry learning)
- Active Calculus – an openly licensed (free) online textbook
- Paul Nolting’s books Winning at Math and Math Study Skills Workbook were recommended by the director of our remedial math courses
- University 101 / College Success books – listed in this University 101 Resources for Instructors document I compiled last month
- College Success – a free and openly licensed online textbook for Saylor’s College 101
- On Course – Downing – most popular student success book on Amazon
- The Secrets of College Success – Jacobs & Hyman – $11, good reviews
- College and Career Success – Marsha – extensive resources on her site
- Getting the Most Out of College – Chickering & Schlossberg
- Learning and Motivation Strategies – Tuckman (sample chapter)
- Students who took this class were 45% more likely to graduate
- Research paper, Online assessments
- Learning to Learn – Heiman & Slomianko – also resulted in higher retention & GPA
- Effective College Learning – Holschuh
- Practicing College Learning Strategies – Hopper
- Thriving in College & Beyond – Cuseo et al.
- Your College Experience: Strategies for Success – Gardner & Barefoot
- Conquering College – Warshaw – kindle ebook
- Older books I’ve looked at recently
- The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another (2009)
- Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs: A Guide for Practitioners (2013) – see related resources at the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
- Helping Sophomores Succeed: Understanding and Improving the Second Year Experience – see my post Avoiding the Sophomore Slump for some resources on this topic
- Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America’s Educationally Underprepared (2005)
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