Compiled
by Jean MacGregor and Barbara Smith
March, 2000
Specifically about learning community rationale and practice
Cross, K. P. (1998). "Why Learning Communities? Why Now." About Campus. July-August 1998, 3(3), 4-11.
Bystrom, V. A. (1997). "Getting It Together: Learning Communities." In Campbell, W. E. and Smith, K. (Eds.) A. New Paradigms for College Teaching. Minneapolis, MN: Interaction Book Company.
Gabelnick, F., J. MacGregor, R. Matthews, B. L. Smith. (1990). "Learning Communities: Building Connections Among Disciplines, Students and Faculty." New Directions in Teaching and Learning, No. 41. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gabelnick, F., J. MacGregor, R. Matthews, B. L. Smith. (1992). "Learning Communities and General Education." Perspectives, 22 (1).
Guarasci, R. and G.H. Cornwell.(1997). Democratic Education in an Age of Difference. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Hill, P. J. (1985). "Communities of Learners: Curriculum as the Infrastructure of Academic Communities." In J.W. Hall and B. L. Kevles (eds.), In Opposition to the Core Curriculum: Alternative Models of Undergraduate Education. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Hill, P. J. (1975). "The Incomplete Revolution: A Reassessment of Recent Reforms in Higher Education." Cross Currents. 24, 424-445.
Hill, P. J. (1985). "The Rationale for Learning Communities." Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, Olympia, Washington 98505.
Jones, R. (1981). Experiment at Evergreen. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman.
Kadel, S., P. Russo and V. Tinto. (1995). "Learning Communities and Student Involvement in the Community College." In J. Gardner and J. Hankin (Eds.) Promoting New Student Success in Community Colleges. Columbia: The Center for the Study of the Freshman Year Experience, The University of South Carolina.
Klein, T. (July-August 2000). “From Classroom to Learning Community: One Professor’s Reflections.” In About Campus.
Levine, J. (1999) (Ed.) Learning Communities: New Structures, New Partnerships for Learning. Columbia, South Carolina: National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition.
Levine, J. H. (Guest Ed.) Metropolitan Universities, (Summer 1998). (Vol. 9, No. 1) Special Issue: Learning Communities.
Levine, J. H. (1998). "Building Learning Communities for Faculty," About Campus, January-February 1998, 2(6), 22-24.
Love, A. G. and V. Tinto. (1995). "Academic Advising Through Learning Communities: Bridging the Academic and Social Divide." In M. L. Upcraft and G. L. Kramer (Eds.) First Year Academic Advising: Patterns in the Present, Pathways to the Future (Monograph 18). Columbia, South Carolina: National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
MacGregor, J. (Comp.) (1999). Strengthening Learning Communities: Case Studies from the National Learning Communities Dissemination Project (FIPSE). Olympia, WA: Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, The Evergreen State College. To order, call 360-866-6000, ext. 6215.
MacGregor, J., B. L. Smith, R. Matthews, and F. Gabelnick. (Forthcoming 2001). Learning Communities: Creating Connections Among Students, Faculty and Disciplines. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Matthews, R. (1994). "Enriching Teaching and Learning through Learning Communities." In Teaching and Learning in the Community College. Ed. T. O'Banion. Washington, DC: American Association of Community Colleges.
Matthews, R. (1986). "Learning Communities in the Community College." Community College Technical, and Junior College Journal. 57 (2), 44-47.
Meiklejohn, A. (1932). The Experimental College. New York: Harper & Row.
Shapiro, N. S. and Levine, J. H. Creating Learning Communities: A Practical Guide to Winning Support, Organizing for Change, and Implementing Programs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Smith, B. L. (1991). "Taking Structure Seriously." Liberal Education, 77 (2).
Smith, B. L. and R. Hunter. (1988). "Learning Communities: A Paradigm for Educational Revitalization." Community College Review. 15 (4).
Smith, B. L. and R. Jones. (Eds). (1984). Against the Current: Reform and Experimentation in Higher Education. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman.
Smith, B. L. with M. Smith. (1993) "Revitalizing Senior Faculty through Statewide Initiatives." in Developing Senior Faculty as Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Tinto,
V. and P. Russo. (1993). "Constructing Community in Difficult Places."
Community
College Review.
Rationales for learning communities in recent higher education literature
Astin, A. (1993). What Matters in College: Four Critical Years Revisited. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Barr, R. B. and J. Tagg. (1995) "From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education." Change. November/December, 1995.
Cross, K. Patricia. (1999). Learning Is About Making Connections. League for Innovation in the Community College Educational Testing Service. Available at the League Web site: www.league.org
Cross, K. Patricia (2000) Collaborative Learning 101. League for Innovation in the Community College Educational Testing Service. Available at the League website: www.league.org
Gaff, Jerry G. (1999). General Education: The Changing Agenda. The Academy in Transition Series. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Gamson, Z. and Associates. (1984). Liberating Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gardiner, L. F. (1994). "Redesigning Higher Education: Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning." ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Research Report.
Gardiner, L. F. (1998). "Why We Must Change: The Research Evidence." Thought and Action. 16:71-88.
Graff, Gerald. (1992). Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Kuh, G.D., and J.H. Schuh, E. J. Whitt, et al. (1991). Involving Colleges: Successful Approaches to Fostering Student Development and Learning Outside the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Light, R. (1990, 1991). "Explorations with Students and Faculty about Teaching, Learning and Student Life." The Harvard Assessment Seminars, no. 1 and 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
Newell,
William H. (1999). "The Promise of Integrative Learning." About Campus.
May-June
1999/Vol.
4, No. 2.
O’Banion, T. (1997) A Learning College for the 21st Century. Oryx Press.
Pascarella, Ernest T. and Patrick T. Terenzini. (1991). How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Potter, David L. "Where Powerful Partnerships Begin." (1999). About Campus. May-June 1999/Vol. 4, No. 2.
Schilling, Karen Maitland and Schilling, Karl. L. (1999) "Increasing Expectations for Student Effort." About Campus. May-June 1999/Vol. 4, No. 2.
Stevens, Joann. (1998) "Making Connections." AAC&U peerReview. Fall 1998.
Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence in Higher Education. (1984). Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of Higher Education. Washington, DC: National Institute of Education.
Tinto, V. (1987). Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Tussman,
J. (1997). The Beleaguered College: Essays on Educational Reform.
Berkeley, CA: Institute of Government Studies Press, University of California.
A select listing of resources on teaching practices appropriate to learning community settings
Angelo, T.A. and K. P. Cross. (1993) Classroom Assessment Techniques. (2nd Ed.) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bateman, W. (1990). Open to Question: The Art of Teaching and Learning by Inquiry. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bean, J. C. (1996). Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, S. D. (1995). Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, S. D. and Preskill, S. (1999). Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Bruffee, K. A. (1985). A Short Course in Writing: Practical Rhetoric for Teaching Composition through Collaborative Learning. Boston: Little Brown & Company.
Bruffee, K. (1994). Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence and the Authority of Knowledge. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
Campbell, W. E. and Smith, K. A. (Eds.) (1997). New Paradigms for College Teaching. Minneapolis, MN: Interaction Book Company.
Davis, J. R. (1995). Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning. Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education and Oryx Press.
Finkel, D.L. (2000). Teaching with Your Mouth Shut. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann/ Boynton Cook Publishers.
Fulwiler, T. (1987). Teaching with Writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Boynton Cook Publishers.
Gillette, Jonathon and Marion McCollom. (Editors). Groups in Context: A New Perspective on Group Dynamics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Goodsell, Maher and Tinto. (1992). Collaborative Learning: A Sourcebook for Higher Education. National Center on Post-Secondary Teaching, Learning and Assessment, The Pennsylvania State University.
Hutchings, P. (1996). Making Teaching Community Property: A Menu for Peer Collaboration and Peer Review. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.
Johnson, David W., Roger T. Johnson and Karl A. Smith. (1991) Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.
MacGregor, J., Ed. (1993). Student Self-Evaluation: Fostering Reflective Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass New Directions in Teaching and Learning Number 56.
MacGregor, J. and Cooper, Smith and Robinson (2000). Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups to Learning Communities. New Directions in Teaching and Learning Number 81.
Meyers, Chet and Thomas B. Jones. (1993). Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Millis, Barbara J. and Philip G. Cottell, Jr. (1998). Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty. American Council on Education Series on Higher Education. Phoenix: Oryx Press.
Palmer, P. (1998). The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Schoem, David, Linda Frankel, Ximena Zúñiga, and Eith A. Lewis. (1993). Multicultural Teaching in the University. Westport, Conneticut: Praeger.
Sharan, Y. and Sharan, S. (1992). Expanding Cooperative Learning through Group Investigation. New York: Teachers College Press.
Smith, B. L. (1994). "Team Teaching" in Handbook of College Teaching. Ed. K. Prichard and B. Mclarn Sawyer. Greenwood Press.
Smith, B. L. and J. MacGregor. (1991). "Reflective Interviews with Learning Community Teaching Teams: Strengthening Dialogue about Teaching and Learning." Washington Center News, Volume Six, Number One.
Thompkins, Jane. (1996). A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Tiberius, R. G. (1990) Small Group Teaching: A Trouble-Shooting Guide. Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
Washington Center for Undergraduate Education. (1998). Seminars: A Collection of Materials on Seminar Approaches and Evaluation Strategies. Olympia, WA: Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, The Evergreen State College. To order, call 360-866-6000, ext. 5611.
Wlodkowski, R. J. and Ginsberg, M.B. (1995). Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Woods, D.R. (1994). Problem Based Learning: How to Gain the Most from PBL. Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. Distribution: McMaster University Bookstore. ISBN: 0-9698725-0-X.
Zlotkowski,
Edward (Editor) (1998).
Successful Service-Learning Programs: New Models
of Excellence in Higher Education. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
Works related to learning community assessment
Avens, C. and R. Zelley. (1993). "A Report on the Intellectual Development of Students in the Quanta Learning Community at Daytona Beach Community College 1989-1990." Unpublished report. Daytona Beach (Florida) Community College.
Finley, N. (1990). "Meeting Expectations by Making New Connections: Curriculum Reform at Seattle Central." Educational Record. Volume 71, Number 4, Fall 1990.
Gabelnick, F., J.G. Reish, J. Wyer, J. Wyrwa. (1992). "Annual Report of the Lee Honors College." Prepared for the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Western Michigan University, 1988-1992.
Goodsell, A. (1993). "Freshman Interest Groups: Linking Social and Academic Experiences of First-Year Students." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University.
Goodsell, A., P. Russo and V. Tinto. (1994). "Building Community Among New College Students." Liberal Education, 79 (4): 16-21.
Goodsell, A. and V. Tinto. (1994). "Freshman Interest Groups and the First Year Experience: Constructing Student Communities in a Large University." The Journal of the Freshman Year Experience. 6(1): 7-28.
Heller, Rafael. (1998). "Learning Communities: What Does the Research Show?" AAC&U peerReview. Fall 1998.
Landa, A. (1981a). "Is There Life After Federated Learning Communities?" Stony Brook State University of New York at Stony Brook, Federal Learning Community Program.
Landa, A. (1981b). "Significant Changes: Analysis and Discussion of Fifty-Seven Responses to the Invitation, ‘Describe the Most Significant Changes You See in Yourself as a Result of the Federated Learning Communities Experience.’" Stony Brook: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Federated Learning Community Program.
Love A. G., P. Russo and V. Tinto. (1995). "Assessment of Collaborative Learning Programs; The promise of collaborative research." In Washington Center Evaluation Committee (Eds.) Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning: A Handbook of Strategies. Olympia, Washington: Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education.
MacGregor, J. (1987). "Intellectual Development of Students in Learning Community Programs, 1986-1987." Washington Center Occasional Paper # 1, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505.
MacGregor, J. (1991). "What Differences do Learning Communities Make?" Washington Center News, 6:4-9.
Moore, D. M. and S. P. Kerlin. (1994). "Research Report: Examining the Effectiveness of Coordinated Studies: 1990-1994," North Seattle Community College.
Reumann-Moore, R., A. El-Haj & E. Gold. (1997). Friends for School Purposes: Learning Communities and Their Role in Building Community at a Large Urban University. (Prepared for Temple University by Research for Action). Philadelphia: Temple University.
Russo, P. (1993). "Struggles for Knowledge: Students, Collaborative Learning and Community." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University.
Skagit Valley College (1992). "Learning Communities: A Study of Types of Learning, Retention, and Perceptions of students and Faculty in Linked and Coordinated Courses at Skagit Valley College."
Sullivan, C. (1991). "Supportive Communication: An Investigation of the Effects of the Freshman Interest Group Program on Perceptions of Support and College Adjustment." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 1991.
Sussman, M. (1991). "Evaluating the Experience of Students and Faculty in Enterprise: An Analysis of the Cohort in the 1990-91 Academic Year." Prepared for the Office for Academic Affairs, La Guardia Community College.
Sussman, M. (1992a). "Freshman Year Initiative, 1991-92: A Review Survey." Prepared for the Central Office for Academic Affairs, City University of New York.
Sussman, M. (1992b). "Vocational and Technical Education Act Final Report 1991-92." Prepared for the New York State Education Department.
Thompson, K. (1991). "Learning at Evergreen: An Assessment of Cognitive Development." The Evergreen State College.
Tinto, V. (1997). "Classrooms as Communities: Exploring the Educational Character of Student Persistence." Journal of Higher Education. 68:6 (November/December). 599-623.
Tinto, V. and A. Goodsell. (1993). "A Longitudinal Study of Freshman Interest Groups at the University of Washington." A Study by the National Center for Postsecondary Teaching, Learning and Assessment. Syracuse University.
Tinto, V., and A. Goodsell Love, and P. Russo. (1994). "Building Learning Communities for New College Students: A Summary of Research Finding of the Collaborative Learning Project," Syracuse University, National Center on Postsecondary Teaching, Learning and Assessment.
Tokuno, K. and F. Campbell. (1992). "Freshman Interest Groups at the University of Washington: Effects on Retention and Scholarship." Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 4.
Tokuno, K. (1993). "Long Term and Recent Student Outcomes of the Freshman Interest Groups." Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 5.
Tollefson, G. (1990). "Collaborative Learning Communities in Washington Community Colleges.""Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Seattle University.
Waluconis, C. (1991). "Self-Evaluation Project in Coordinated Studies." Research Abstracts, 1989-91, Title III Project 1.3, Evaluation Model for Coordinated Studies, Seattle Central Community College.
Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. (1994) The Washington Center Casebook on Collaborative Teaching and Learning. Olympia, Washington, The Evergreen State College.
Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. (1995) Assessment in and of Collaborative Learning. Olympia, Washington, The Evergreen State College. Available on the Washington Center Web site: Assessment Handbook
White, K. (1990). "An Application of Gadamer's Hermeneutics through an Empirical Description of Communication in a Collaborative Learning Community." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
Wilkie, G.(1990). "Learning Communities Enrollment Study, 1986-1990 at North Seattle Community College," North Seattle Community College.