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Bibliography for On Course

Agarwal, P. K., & Bain, P. M. Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. Jossey-Bass. 2019.

Allen, David. Getting Things Done. Viking, 2001.

Ambrose, Susan , Michael Bridges, Michele DiPietro, , Marsha Lovett,  and Marie Norman,  How Learning Works. Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Barkley, Elizabeth and Clair Major. Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. Jossey-Bass, 2020.

Bowen, José Antonio Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection. Johns Hopkins, 2021

Bowen, José Antonio. Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning. Jossey-Bass, 2012.

Brennan, Jonathan. Engaging Learners through Zoom: Strategies for Virtual Teaching Across Disciplines. Jossey-Bass, 2020.

Brookfield, Stephen D. The Skillful Teacher. Jossey-Bass, 2006.

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Buzan, Tony. The Mind Map Book: Unlock Your Creativity, Boost Your Memory, Change Your Life. ‎ Pearson Education Ltd., 2010.

Carey, Benedict. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens. Random House, 2015. 

Covey, Stephen R. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Cross, Pat, Elizabeth Barkley and Clair Major. Collaborative Learning Techniques. Jossey-Bass, 2014

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row, 1990

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deBono, Edward. deBono’s Thinking Course. Facts on File, 1982

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Dweck, Carol. Mindset. Ballantine Books, 2007.

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Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence. Bantam Books, 1995

Harrington, Christine. Keeping Us Engaged: Student Perspectives (and Research-Based Strategies) on What Works and Why. Stylus, 2021.

Harrington, Christine and Melissa Thomas. Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement. ‎ Stylus Publishing, 2018.

Helmstetter, Shad. Choices. Simon and Schuster, 1989.

Henricks, Gay. The Learning to Love Yourself Workbook. Prentice Hall, 1990.

Herrmann, Ned. The Creative Brain. Brain Books, 1989.

Frankl, Viktor E., M.D. Man’s Search for Meaning. Washington Square Press, 1959.

James, Muriel, and Dorothy Jongeward. Born to Win. Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1978

Jensen, Eric. Brain Based Learning. The Brain Store, 2000.

Kagan, Spencer. Cooperative Learning. Resources for Teachers, 1994.

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Macmillan, 2011.

Lang, James.  Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What you Can Do About It. Basic Books, 2020.

Lang, James. Small Teaching, Jossey Bass, 2016

Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

McKay, Matthew, and Patrick Fanning. Self-Esteem. New Harbinger Publications, 2000.

McKay, Matthew, and Patrick Fanning. Self-Esteem Companion. New Harbinger Publications, 2002.

Merrill, A. Roger. Connections: Quadrant II Time Management. Publishers Press, 1987.

Miller, Michelle. Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World. West Virginia University Press, 2022

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. How People Learn II: Learners, Contexts, and Cultures. The National Academies Press, 2018

Oakley, Barbara, BethRogowsky and Terrence Sejnowski, Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn. TarcherPerigee, 2021

Peck, M. Scott, M.D. The Different Drum. Simon and Schuster, 1987.

Pink, Daniel. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. Riverhead, 2009.

Pintrich, Paul R., and Dale H. Schunk. Motivation in Education. Prentice Hall, 1996.

Postman, Neil, and Charles Weingartner. Teaching as a Subversive Activity. Dell, 1969.

Raffini, James P. 150 Ways to Increase Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom. Allyn & Bacon, 1996.

Reeve, Johnmarshall. Motivating Others. Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Rosenberg, Marshall B. Nonviolent Communication. PuddleDancer Press, 2005

Ruggiero, Vincent. The Art of Thinking. Longman, 2006.

Samuels, Dena. The Culturally Inclusive Educator: Preparing for a Multicultural World. Teachers College Press, 2015 

Seligman, Martin. Learned Optimism. Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.

Seligman, Martin E.P. What You Can Change & What You Can’t. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns. Corwin Press, 2006.

Steiner, Claude M. Scripts People Live. Bantam Books, 1974

Stone, Hal, and Sidra Stone. Embracing Your Inner Critic. HarperCollins, 1993.

Thiagarajan, Sivasailam. Thiagi’s 100 Favorite Games. Pfeiffer, 2006.

Tobias, Sheila. Overcoming Math Anxiety. W.W. Norton & Co., 1993.

Tobin, Thomas J., and Kirsten T Behling.  Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education. West Virginia University Press, 2018.

Weinstein,Yana, Megan Sumeracki  and Oliver Caviglioli. Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide. Routledge, 2018.

Wlodkowski, Raymond. Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn. Jossey Bass, 2008

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These studies demonstrate increases in retention, success and persistence rates as high as 27%.

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Ways I think the workshop could be improved? You can’t improve on perfect!
Dan VillaireFaculty, EnglishSaginaw Valley State UniversityMI
In my 31 years of teaching this was the best and most critically needed of any workshop I have ever attended.
Susan Duncan
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
Since first attending one of the summer retreats in 1997, I’ve held nine On Course workshops for our college, and I plan to offer more.
Philip Rodriquez
Director, Student Affairs
Cerritos College, CA
I have never before felt a workshop I attended helped me to teach. This one will!
Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
This workshop should be required for all faculty, staff, and administrators.
Lamar McWaine
Student Life Coordinator
San Jacinto College, TX
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
Rodney R. Brooks
Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
I told my Dean that if I took every workshop and conference I had ever attended and rolled them into one, it would not equal what I learned and gained from your workshop.
Jan Trollinger
Faculty, English
Paine College, GA
My first day back I plunged into using On Course materials and methods with my students, and they LOVED it!! And I LOVED it! Thank you so much on behalf of myself and all of my present and future students!
Stephanie Schwartz
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA

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