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This project
could not have been completed without the generous support
of many people and institutions. Specifically, I would like
to thank:
1. The many
faculty who were willing to share their time, expertise, and
materials: Veronica Burrows; John Demel; Suzanne Dietrich;
Eric Guilbeau; Bob Gustafson, P.K. Imbrie; Richard Layton;
Cesar O. Malave; John Merrill; Jim Morgan; Russ Pimmel;
Vincent Pizziconi; Greg Raupp; Teri Rhoads; Don Richards;
Jim Richardson; Ron Roedel; and Susan Urban.
2. Our cooperative learning and teaming experts, Richard M.
Felder, Darwyn E. Linder, and Karl A. Smith, for sharing not
only their personal experiences with active/cooperative
learning, but also for providing us with an understanding of
the theoretical and empirical work upon which these
approaches are based.
3. The Foundation Coalition, for its generous support of
this project. Special thanks to the members of the Long
Range Planning Committee and to Jeffrey E. Froyd and Karen
Frair, FC Project Directors.
4. Steve Melsheimer, Associate Dean of Engineering at
Clemson University, for providing invaluable support and
assistance in helping us to videotape many of the
participants during the Share the Future Conference at
Clemson in March 2001.
5. Duane Roen, Director of the Center for Learning and
Teaching Excellence at Arizona State University, for
contributing effort of both professional staff and research
assistants, whose work in transcribing and editing the
faculty interviews was invaluable.
6. April McCleary, Secretary of CRESMET at Arizona State
University, for her patience, good humor, and extraordinary
organizational skills.
7. Don Evans, Director of CRESMET, for giving me the
opportunity to direct this project.
8. Extra special thanks to two people without whose talent,
perseverance, and sense of humor this project could not
possibly have been completed: Thanks to Dr. Janel
White-Taylor of the Center for Learning and Teaching
Excellence, for her unfailing hard work and support (and for
her special wardrobe and hairdressing talents). Thanks to
Nancy Clemens of Technology Based Learning and Research, for
her astonishing skill at turning a vast collection of
abstract ideas into a beautifully organized, concrete
product.
The
Foundation Coalition is supported by the National Science
Foundation.
Additional support for this
project has been provided by:
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The Center for Research on Education in Science, Math,
Engineering and Technology at Arizona State University. |
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The Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence at
Arizona State University |
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