Selected papers from the 08th national conference on college teaching and learning

1997 ; Papers presented at the 1997 National Conference on College Teaching and Learning. ; At head of title: Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. ; Guided web exploration for teaching critical thinking / Judith A. Baker (Texas Woman's University) -- Top ten strategies for using humor as an effective teaching tool / Ronald A. Berk (The Johns Hopkins University) -- Learning styles, emotional intelligence and social presence as predictors of distance education student satisfaction / Patricia Boverie, Liza Nagel, Melissa McGee and Susan Garcia (University of New Mexico) -- Cooperative writing software : an experiment using Lotus Word Pro / Robert M. Christie (California State University, Dominguez Hills) -- Cooperative learning on the world wide web / Betty Collis (University of Twente, The Netherlands) -- The pedagogical colloquium as faculty development / Mary Gendernalik Cooper (Augusta State University) -- Integrating physics curriculum and new technologies / Alexander Dickison (Seminole Community College), Pearley Cunningham (Community College of Allegheny County), Marvin Nelson (Green River Community College) -- Meaningful links : the meaning of hot / Sebastian L. Foti (University of Florida) -- Career direction through integrated introductory biology-chemistry laboratories and research / Elizabeth A. Godrick (Boston University) -- The world wide web : a powerful learning tool for preservice mathematics teachers / Zhonghong Jiang and Edwin McClintock (Florida International University) -- It takes a (global) village to prepare teachers : teaching/technology/reflection / Judith Johnson (University of Central Florida) -- Computer assisted collaborative inquiry in the laboratory / Nancy Konigsberg Kerner, James Penner-Hahn, Carl Berger and Charles Dershimer (The University of Michigan) -- Educating non-engineering students on manufacturing concepts through innovative techniques / Murali Krishnamurthi, Mohamed I. Dessouky (Northern Illinois University) -- Professionalism in computing : a web-based ...