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.
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.
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.
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.
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.