Reformed Teaching Observation Protocal

Bibliography

 

  1. Piburn, M., Sawada, D., Falconer, K., Turley, J., Benford, R., Bloom, I. (2000). Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). ACEPT IN-003. This is a 41 page PDF file (154K) which contains the RTOP rubric, training manual and reference manual containing statistical analyses.
  2. Piburn, M., Sawada, D., Falconer, K., Turley, J., Benford, R., Bloom, I. (2000). Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). ACEPT IN-002. This is a 10 page PDF file (32K) which contains the RTOP training manual.
  3. Piburn, M., Sawada, D., Falconer, K., Turley, J., Benford, R., Bloom, I. (2000). Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). ACEPT IN-001. This is a 5 page PDF file (18K) which contains just the RTOP instrument.
  4. Lawson, A. E., Benford, R., Bloom, I., Carlson, M. P., Falconer, K. F., Hestenes, D. O., Judson, E., Piburn, M. D., Sawada, D., Turley, J., & Wycoff, S. (2001). Reforming and evaluating college science and mathematics instruction: Reformed teaching improves student achievement. Journal of College Science Teaching, in press. Discusses links between RTOP scores and student achievement gains for six physical science and four university physics classes amongst many others.
  5. Wycoff, S. (2001). Changing the culture of undergraduate science teaching. Journal of College Science Teaching. Describes ACEPT, limited value of lecture in teaching phyiscs, interactive engagement.