A similar set of five faculty taught sections of General Chemistry I and II during the entire study period, but faculty teaching General Chemistry I and II typically gave their own exams and typically showed independence on their choice and emphasis on topics.
The contents of the course are briefly described in the 'What to teach' section with some real examples.
With a brief introduction to the background of the course, detailed information about the teaching strategies of the course are outlined in the 'How to teach' section.
In the team teaching section we described how a medical oncologist introduced a concept called chemo brain that was used by the team as part of a patient case.
Columbia University, the original birthplace of the great books idea, still requires that all its undergraduates go through two year-long seminars in great books, a list periodically revised by the faculty who teach sections of these courses.
In addition, volunteers are expected to teach sections of the existing Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons accredited curriculum to physician trainees and the Ghana Nurses and Midwives Council curriculum for nurses in an unfamiliar cultural and clinical context.
At Columbia, many grad students in English PhD programs are required to teach sections of University Writing, a freshman writing course that I'm currently in.
Significant effort was put forth to ensure as much group equivalence as possible, that is, the same instructor taught both sections, the sections were taught back to back at the same time of day in the same classroom, the same textbook and course materials were used, and the same two teaching assistants were present in both sections.
Six of the instructors each taught one section and one instructor taught two sections of the class.
Zigmond and Fischer taught each section by discussing a general framework of the problem area (for example, goal setting and time management) and then providing a speaker with personal knowledge of the matter at hand.
