Name of Reform Initiative | Nature of Linkage | |
Active Learning | Problem based curriculum and exercises | |
Active Learning | "Application of knowledge in service settings." | |
Collaborative Learning | Learning as a social process with peer interaction playing a critical role. | |
Collaborative Learning | Learning as active not passive | |
Collaborative Learning | An emphasis on cooperation, teamwork, and civic responsibility. | |
Collaborative Learning | Problem centered curriculum. | |
Cooperative Education | Small group work and an emphasis on group improvement. | |
Cooperative Education | Active development and practice of group skills. | |
Critical Thinking | Small group exercises are used as a means to enhance critical thinking | |
Cultural Pluralism | Diversity requirements and movement beyond only Western curriculum. | |
Cultural Pluralism | Emphasis on interdependence and knowledge from national and international culture. | |
First Year Seminar/Senior Seminar | "Students involved in a community such as discussion group, residence hall, etc." | |
First Year Seminar/Senior Seminar | Inform students of expectations in college. | |
First Year Seminar/Senior Seminar | "Ease transition from high school to college." | |
First Year Seminar/Senior Seminar | Involvement of upper-class persons. | |
General Education | Incorporation. | |
General Education | Incorporation. | |
General Education | Incorporation. | |
General Education | Incorporation. | |
General Education | Recognizes a "beyond Western" curriculum. | |
International Education | Acceptance and emphasis of global and diverse community students must be able to cope with. | |
K-16 | "Congruence within science curriculum between high school and higher education." | |
K-16 | "Easing transition from high school to college." | |
Learning Communities | Intellectual interaction between students & students and students & faculty. | |
New Wave Calculus | Some regard New Wave Calculus as embedded in science reforms. Both seek to be more inclusive and incorporate more active, cooperative, and problem solving-based teaching into the curriculum. | |
Science Reform | Pedagogy Improvement | |
Science Reform | Pedagogy Development | |
Science Reform | Problem Based Curriculum | |
Science Reform | Inclusive focus and historic absence of student populations | |
Science Reform | Development of partnerships among high schools and higher education. Congruence between high school and higher education. | |
Science Reform | Computer simulations and problem solving | |
Service Learning | Utilization of experience and practice in teaching. | |
Service Learning | Small group and general group work. | |
Standards | Ease transition from high school to college by development of clear standards. | |
Technology | Problem solving simulations and exercises. | |
Technology | "Peer tutoring and feedback." | |
Writing Across the Curriculum | Writing as a means to assess critical thinking and some argue that writing is essential to critical thinking. | |
Writing Across the Curriculum | Greater emphasis on writing due to historical lack of writing in this subject. |