Teaching With Cases: Let Me Count the Ways.

Journal of College Science Teaching, October, 2006 by Schiller, Nancy

Byline: Nancy Schiller

We're back, with yet another issue on the case study method of teaching. It's a method we think has expanding possibilities, especially in its application to science education. That's because one of the virtues of the method is its extraordinary flexibility, especially if you define a case study as broadly as my colleague Clyde (Kipp) Herreid does-as a story with an educational message. Science faculty who attend our annual summer workshop at the University at Buffalo often express frustration with that definition, at least initially. Later, as they gain experience, they come to appreciate how liberating it is, how much room it allows for experimentation and innovation.

At the University at Buffalo, we have been...

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