Table of Contents

List of Exhibits vii

About the Authors x

Acknowledgments xii

A Guide for Scholarly Inquiry into Teaching 1

The Basic Structure of Classroom Inquiry 31

Incorporating Additional Forms of Data Collection 44

Using Classroom Inquiry to Answer Multiple Questions 59

Overcoming Challenges With Data Collection 78

Linking Classroom Inquiry With Disciplinary Research 93

Obtaining Useful Inquiry Results, but More Data Is Needed 107

Using Classroom Inquiry to Evaluate New Assessment Measures 122

Classroom Inquiry for Measuring Feedback on Student Learning and Aptitudes 138

Classroom Inquiry and Scholarly Teaching 156

Beginning Your Scholarly Journey 174

Lessons Concerning Classroom Inquiry

Practical Advice forConducting Your Inquiry

From Scholarly Teaching to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Models for Disseminating Your Inquiry Work

Resources for Learning More

An Invitation to Set Out on Your Scholarly Journey

Bibliography 189

Index 191

About the Author

Paul Savory is the author of Inquiry into the College Classroom: A Journey Toward Scholarly Teaching , published by Wiley. Amy Nelson Burnett is Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of multiple books.