William Becker Economics
Bill Becker’s project is an example of a study that is not centered on one’s own classes. Rather by studying selected published papers of others, he seeks to separate empirical results from conjecture about the student outcomes associated with classroom assessment techniques and other teaching strategies designed to engage students actively in the learning process.
In this project, Bill also seeks to advance the scholarship of teaching
and learning by establishing an eleven-point set of criteria which faculty
members can use to evaluate inferential studies.
Bill’s study culminated in a paper: What
Does the Quantitative Research Literature Really Show about Teaching Methods?(PDF
Document)
