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Papers by Claire Major

Research paper thumbnail of Claire Howell Major - Editor's Note - The Journal of General Education 55:3

Research paper thumbnail of Boundary Crossings: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Learning, and Problem-Based Learning

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting what we know and what we do through problem-based learning

Page 1. Connecting What We Know and What We Do Through Problem-Based Learning by Claire H. Major ... more Page 1. Connecting What We Know and What We Do Through Problem-Based Learning by Claire H. Major Claire H. Major is coordinator for problem-based learning research and communication at Samford University, 800 Lakeshore ...

Research paper thumbnail of Perceived Value of University-Based Continuing Education Leadership Development Programs for Administrators

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 07377363 2014 872014, Mar 3, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .ed... more International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .edu/ijsotl Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2007) ISSN 1931-4744 © Georgia Southern University ... Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning ... Betsy Palmer Montana State University ...

Research paper thumbnail of Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leadership Development

Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2002

EJ646657 - Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leaders... more EJ646657 - Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leadership Development.

Research paper thumbnail of Student Experiences in Online Courses: A Qualitative Research Synthesis

Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .ed... more International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .edu/ijsotl Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2007) ISSN 1931-4744 © Georgia Southern University ... Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning ... Betsy Palmer Montana State University ...

Research paper thumbnail of Foundations of Problem-Based Learning

This book describes the theoretical foundations of problem-based learning and is a practical sour... more This book describes the theoretical foundations of problem-based learning and is a practical source for staff wanting to implement it. The book is designed as a text that not only explores the foundations of problem-based learning but ...

Research paper thumbnail of When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction

Innovative Higher Education, 1998

Page 1. When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction Claire H. Major A... more Page 1. When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction Claire H. Major ABSTRACT: The professor has appeared as a fictional character since the middle ages, and several professorial images may be found in academic fiction. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Using Reciprocal Peer Review to Help Graduate Students Develop Scholarly Writing Skills

The Journal of Faculty Development, Sep 1, 2008

Page 1. Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2008 / 163 Copyright © 2008, New Forums Press, Inc., PO Box 876... more Page 1. Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2008 / 163 Copyright © 2008, New Forums Press, Inc., PO Box 876, Stillwater, OK 74076. All Rights Reserved. Using Reciprocal Peer Review to Help Graduate Students Develop Scholarly Writing Skills Betsy Palmer Claire Howell Major ...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from the Literature

Academic Exchange Quarterly, Mar 22, 2001

Academic Exchange Quarterly Spring 2001: Volume 5, Issue 1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Proble... more Academic Exchange Quarterly Spring 2001: Volume 5, Issue 1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem‑Based Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from the Literature. Claire H. Major, University of Alabama. Betsy Palmer, University of Iowa. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic Tasks

Journal of Faculty Development, 2004

EJ720287 - The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic T... more EJ720287 - The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic Tasks.

Research paper thumbnail of Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Technology: Implications for Faculty Work

Page 1. Volume 19, Number 2 / 77 Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Te... more Page 1. Volume 19, Number 2 / 77 Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Technology: Implications for Faculty Work J. Elizabeth Gibbs, Ph.D., Claire H. Major, Ph.D. and Vivian H. Wright, Ph.D. The University of Alabama ...

Research paper thumbnail of Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Online Distance Education

Teachers College Record, 2010

Page 1. Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Onl... more Page 1. Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Online Distance Education CLAIRE HOWELL MAJOR The University of Alabama Background: Faculty acceptance of distance learning ...

Research paper thumbnail of Using Course Evaluations To Improve a Problem-Based Learning Program

Journal of Faculty Development, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of New Approaches to Qualitative Research: Wisdom and Uncertainty

... DUNCAN AND RUTH WATSON Part II Methodologies and methods 59 7 Writing ethnodrama: a sampler f... more ... DUNCAN AND RUTH WATSON Part II Methodologies and methods 59 7 Writing ethnodrama: a sampler from educational research 61 JOHNNY SALDAÑA 8 Narrative theory and the construction of qualitative texts 70 JULIA COLYAR AND KARRI HOLLEY 9 Multimodality ...

Research paper thumbnail of Team-Based Learning Practices and Principles in Comparison With Cooperative Learning and Problem-Based Learning

Teaching in Higher Education

The authors address three questions: (1) What are the founda- tional practices of team-based lear... more The authors address three questions: (1) What are the founda- tional practices of team-based learning (TBL)? (2) What are the fundamental principles underlying TBL’s foundational practices? and (3) In what ways are TBL’s foundational prac- tices similar to and/or different from the practices employed by problem-based learning (PBL) and cooperative learning (CL)? Most of the TBL vs. CL and PBL comparisons are organized in relation to the size of and strategies for forming groups/teams, the strategies for ensuring that students are familiar with the course content, the nature of the group/team assignments, the role of peer assessment, and the role of the instructor.

Research paper thumbnail of Problem-Based Learning in General Education at Samford University: A Case Study of Changing Faculty Culture Through Targeted Improvement Efforts

The Journal of General Education, 2002

The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights r... more The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. The Journal of General Education 51.4 (2002) 235-256, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Guest Editor's Note: Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Message from the Guest Editor

The Journal of General Education, 2002

The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights r... more The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. The Journal of General Education 51.4 (2002) v-xii, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Claire Howell Major - Editor's Note - The Journal of General Education 55:3

Research paper thumbnail of Boundary Crossings: Cooperative Learning, Collaborative Learning, and Problem-Based Learning

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Connecting what we know and what we do through problem-based learning

Page 1. Connecting What We Know and What We Do Through Problem-Based Learning by Claire H. Major ... more Page 1. Connecting What We Know and What We Do Through Problem-Based Learning by Claire H. Major Claire H. Major is coordinator for problem-based learning research and communication at Samford University, 800 Lakeshore ...

Research paper thumbnail of Perceived Value of University-Based Continuing Education Leadership Development Programs for Administrators

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 07377363 2014 872014, Mar 3, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .ed... more International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .edu/ijsotl Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2007) ISSN 1931-4744 © Georgia Southern University ... Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning ... Betsy Palmer Montana State University ...

Research paper thumbnail of Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leadership Development

Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2002

EJ646657 - Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leaders... more EJ646657 - Creating and Implementing an Innovative Academic Program for Community College Leadership Development.

Research paper thumbnail of Student Experiences in Online Courses: A Qualitative Research Synthesis

Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .ed... more International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.georgiasouthern .edu/ijsotl Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 2007) ISSN 1931-4744 © Georgia Southern University ... Engendering the Scholarship of Problem-based Learning ... Betsy Palmer Montana State University ...

Research paper thumbnail of Foundations of Problem-Based Learning

This book describes the theoretical foundations of problem-based learning and is a practical sour... more This book describes the theoretical foundations of problem-based learning and is a practical source for staff wanting to implement it. The book is designed as a text that not only explores the foundations of problem-based learning but ...

Research paper thumbnail of When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction

Innovative Higher Education, 1998

Page 1. When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction Claire H. Major A... more Page 1. When Power is the Limit: The Image of the Professor in Selected Fiction Claire H. Major ABSTRACT: The professor has appeared as a fictional character since the middle ages, and several professorial images may be found in academic fiction. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Using Reciprocal Peer Review to Help Graduate Students Develop Scholarly Writing Skills

The Journal of Faculty Development, Sep 1, 2008

Page 1. Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2008 / 163 Copyright © 2008, New Forums Press, Inc., PO Box 876... more Page 1. Vol. 22, No. 3, September 2008 / 163 Copyright © 2008, New Forums Press, Inc., PO Box 876, Stillwater, OK 74076. All Rights Reserved. Using Reciprocal Peer Review to Help Graduate Students Develop Scholarly Writing Skills Betsy Palmer Claire Howell Major ...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from the Literature

Academic Exchange Quarterly, Mar 22, 2001

Academic Exchange Quarterly Spring 2001: Volume 5, Issue 1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Proble... more Academic Exchange Quarterly Spring 2001: Volume 5, Issue 1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Problem‑Based Learning in Higher Education: Lessons from the Literature. Claire H. Major, University of Alabama. Betsy Palmer, University of Iowa. ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic Tasks

Journal of Faculty Development, 2004

EJ720287 - The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic T... more EJ720287 - The Importance of Graduate Program Experiences to Faculty Self-Efficacy for Academic Tasks.

Research paper thumbnail of Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Technology: Implications for Faculty Work

Page 1. Volume 19, Number 2 / 77 Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Te... more Page 1. Volume 19, Number 2 / 77 Faculty Perception of the Costs and Benefits of Instructional Technology: Implications for Faculty Work J. Elizabeth Gibbs, Ph.D., Claire H. Major, Ph.D. and Vivian H. Wright, Ph.D. The University of Alabama ...

Research paper thumbnail of Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Online Distance Education

Teachers College Record, 2010

Page 1. Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Onl... more Page 1. Do Virtual Professors Dream of Electric Students? University Faculty Experiences with Online Distance Education CLAIRE HOWELL MAJOR The University of Alabama Background: Faculty acceptance of distance learning ...

Research paper thumbnail of Using Course Evaluations To Improve a Problem-Based Learning Program

Journal of Faculty Development, 2001

Research paper thumbnail of New Approaches to Qualitative Research: Wisdom and Uncertainty

... DUNCAN AND RUTH WATSON Part II Methodologies and methods 59 7 Writing ethnodrama: a sampler f... more ... DUNCAN AND RUTH WATSON Part II Methodologies and methods 59 7 Writing ethnodrama: a sampler from educational research 61 JOHNNY SALDAÑA 8 Narrative theory and the construction of qualitative texts 70 JULIA COLYAR AND KARRI HOLLEY 9 Multimodality ...

Research paper thumbnail of Team-Based Learning Practices and Principles in Comparison With Cooperative Learning and Problem-Based Learning

Teaching in Higher Education

The authors address three questions: (1) What are the founda- tional practices of team-based lear... more The authors address three questions: (1) What are the founda- tional practices of team-based learning (TBL)? (2) What are the fundamental principles underlying TBL’s foundational practices? and (3) In what ways are TBL’s foundational prac- tices similar to and/or different from the practices employed by problem-based learning (PBL) and cooperative learning (CL)? Most of the TBL vs. CL and PBL comparisons are organized in relation to the size of and strategies for forming groups/teams, the strategies for ensuring that students are familiar with the course content, the nature of the group/team assignments, the role of peer assessment, and the role of the instructor.

Research paper thumbnail of Problem-Based Learning in General Education at Samford University: A Case Study of Changing Faculty Culture Through Targeted Improvement Efforts

The Journal of General Education, 2002

The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights r... more The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. The Journal of General Education 51.4 (2002) 235-256, ...

Research paper thumbnail of Guest Editor's Note: Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate Education: A Message from the Guest Editor

The Journal of General Education, 2002

The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights r... more The Journal of General Education Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved. The Journal of General Education 51.4 (2002) v-xii, ...