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About Teaching - But I Teach a Large Class!
- This webpage authored by a Biology Professor from the University of Delaware in 1996 addresses the question of how one might adapt the problem-based learning approach for use in a large classroom setting. The page contains no links. The information is not dated and will be useful to all teaching faculty concerned with this question.
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/cte/spr96-bisc2.html

Active Learning For The College Classroom - This site summarizes the current methodology in methodology for active and collaborative learning in the classroom. Written for faculty members in all disciplines, it begins with basic definitions and then provides twenty-nine techniques for active learning in a classroom setting.
http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/

Assessment in Problem-Based Learning - A useful webpage focused on a discussion of how to design effective measures to assess student learning via problem-based learning methodology. The webpage is admittedly dated (ca. 1999) but contains useful material and solid references that any educator interested in assessment should consider reading. The site is simply designed and contains only one link (which works) to another webpage.
http://www.indiana.edu/~legobots/q515/pbl.html

Cooperative Learning - This page presents material from the University of Tennessee on applying cooperative learning in a classroom setting. It gives a nice, quick, summary of cooperative learning, defining it and establishing rules and techniques.|
http://www.utc.edu/Administration/WalkerTeachingResourceCenter
/FacultyDevelopment/CooperativeLearning/index.html

Journal of Food Science Education (JFSE) – The following articles are related to food science education and are mainly targetted to food science academics to enhance their teaching techniques. The articles, in pdf format, can be download free from IFT’s Journal of Food Science Education website.
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Articles

"Chips with Everything": A Laboratory Exercise for Comparing Subjective and Objective Measurements of Potato Chips – JFSE, Volume 4, Issue 3  (July 2005)
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Simple Laboratory Exercise for Ethanol Production by Immobilized Bakery Yeasts (Saccharoymyces cerevisiae) - Volume 4, Issue 3  (July 2005)
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Just-in-Time Teaching for Food Science: Creating an Active Learner Classroom - JFSE, Volume 4, Issue 2  (April 2005)
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Using Quality Circles to Enhance Student Involvement and Course Quality in aLarge Undergraduate Food Science and Nutrition Course - JFSE, Volume 4, Issue 1  (January 2005
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Internet-assisted Real-time Experiments Using the Internet—Hardware and Software Considerations
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/ - JFSE, Volume 4, Issue 1  (January 2005)

Factors that Affect Student Motivation in a Dairy Products Elective Course - JFSE, Volume 4, Issue 1  (January 2005
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Learning: Objectives, Competencies, or Outcomes - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 4  October 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Application of Gap Analysis to Education: A Case Study of theFoodSafety and Quality Assurance Program at the University of Guelph - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 3  July 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Identifying the Learning Styles and Instructional Tool Preferences of Beginning Food Science and Human Nutrition Majors - JFSE,
Volume 3, Issue 3  July 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Keep Your Ear to the Ground - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 3  July 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Improving Oral Communication Skills of Students in Food Science Courses - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 2  April 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Product Quality Assurance Project for Teaching of Food Analysis - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 2  April 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Math Skills Assessment - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 2  April 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

An Undergraduate Research Opportunity: Collaboration Between Undergraduate and Graduate Students - JFSE, Volume 3, Issue 1  January 2004
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

PhytochemicalsinFruits and Vegetables: Use of Interactive Videoconferencing andtheWorld Wide Web for Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 4  October 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

UtilizingProject-based Learning and Competition to Develop Student Skillsand Interest in Producing Quality Food Items  - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 4  October 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Developing Web-based Interdisciplinary Modules to Teach Solid Waste/Residue Management in the Food Chain - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 3  July 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

An Immersion Approach to Teaching Food Science - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 3  July 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Integration of Team-building Skills into Food Chemistry Team Research Projects - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 2  April 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Using Qualitative Understanding of Food Safety Research Methods to Ascertain Elementary Students - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 2  April 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Making the Transition to a Food Science Curriculum Based on Assessment of Learning Outcomes - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 2  April 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Integrating Problem-based learning in an Introductory College Food Science Course - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 1  January 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Validation of Analytical Measurements by Single-trial and Collaborative Study - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 1  January 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

On-line Compared with Face-to-face Introductory Food Science Courses: An Assessment - JFSE, Volume 2, Issue 1  January 2003
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Active Learning in the Experimental Study of Food - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 3  October 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Dynamic Food Science Internship Program: Integration of Problem-based Learning and Student-centered Mentoring - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 3  October 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Method for Graduate Students to Provide Feedback to Their Major Professors - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 3  October 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Model for Developing and Testing Custom-Made Laboratory Manuals to Use with Food Chemistry and Food Analysis Courses - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 2  July 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Sharing our Experiences with Writing-for-Learning Techniques in a Large Introductory Course: The Daily Microtheme - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 2  July 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Sharing our Experiences with Writing-for-Learning Techniques in a Large Introductory Course: The Popular Press Critique - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 2  July 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Simple Laboratory Exercise in Food Structure/Texture Relationships Using a Flatbed Scanner
- JFSE,
Volume 1, Issue 1  April 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

A Multi-Institutional Web-Based Undergraduate Food Product Innovation and Marketing Course - JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 1  April 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/

Chromatography of Food Dyes: A Simple Demonstration for Actively Engaging High School Students in the Chemistry of Foods -  JFSE, Volume 1, Issue 1  April 2002
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/JFSE/
 

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