Improved Student Learning through a Faculty Learning Community: How Faculty Collaboration Transformed a Large-Enrollment Course from Lecture to Student Centered

The authors describe how a faculty learning community was leveraged to implement active-learning strategies and improve student learning in a large-enrollment introductory course.

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