Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-156).

Foreword: Pathways from Faculty Learning to Student Learning and Beyond, by Mary Taylor Huber1. Connecting Faculty Learning to Student Learning2. Sites of Faculty Learning3. Seeking the Evidence4. Faculty Learning Applied5. Spreading the Benefits6. Reaching Students7. Faculty Development MattersAfterword, by Richard HaswellAppendix 1: Critical and Integrative Thinking Forms, Washington State University, 2009Appendix 2: Methodologies in the StudyAppendix 3: History of the Critical Thinking RubricAppendix 4: Rating FormsReferencesAcknowledgmentsNotes

"Colleges and universities across the US have created special initiatives to promote faculty development, but to date there has been little research to determine whether such programs have an impact on students' learning. Faculty Development and Student Learning reports the results of a multi-year study undertaken by faculty at Carleton College and Washington State University to assess how students' learning is affected by faculty members' efforts to become better teachers. Extending recent research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) to assessment of faculty development and its effectiveness, the authors show that faculty participation in professional development activities positively affects classroom pedagogy, student learning, and the overall culture of teaching and learning in a college or university"--Back cover.