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Tables of Contents for Just-In-Time Teaching
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Jeanne Narum
Foreword
xiii
Alan Van Heuvelen
Preface
xv
SECTION ONE: STRATEGY
1
30
What Is Jitt?
3
4
The JiTT Goals
3
1
The JiTT Environment
4
1
What JiTT Is Not
5
2
Why Use Jitt?
7
8
Our Students
7
2
Our Goals
9
1
Finding the Right Approach
9
2
JiTT in Context
11
4
The JITT Classroom
15
4
The Interactive Lecture
15
2
The Collaborative Recitation
17
2
The JITT Web Component
19
12
Preparatory Assignments
20
3
Physlet Problems
23
2
Enrichment Materials
25
1
Information and Communication
25
1
On-line Homework
26
5
SECTION TWO: IMPLEMENTATION
31
36
JITT Basics
33
12
JiTT Organization
33
1
Managing the JiTT Classroom
34
8
The Small-College Perspective
42
3
The Mindful Lecture
45
16
The Mindful Lecture WarmUp
45
5
The WarmUp: A Detailed Example
50
5
The Puzzle: A Detailed Example
55
6
The Insightful Lecture
61
6
Constructing the Preflights
62
1
Classroom Discussion
63
2
An Insight Gained
65
1
What Do Students Think?
66
1
SECTION THREE: RESOURCES
67
116
WarmUps
69
28
General Principles
69
1
Mechanics
70
9
Thermodynamics
79
7
Electricity and Magnetism
86
7
Optics
93
4
Puzzles
97
18
General Principles
97
1
Mechanics
97
4
Thermodynamics
101
3
Electricity and Magnetism
104
8
Optics
112
3
Physlet Problems
115
20
General Principles
115
1
Kinematics
116
4
Mechanics
120
3
Waves
123
2
Electricity and Magnetism
125
6
Optics
131
4
Scripting Physiets
135
22
Basics
135
1
Internet Technology
136
2
Embedding
138
5
JavaScript to Java Communication
143
10
Available Physiets
153
2
Animator Documentation
155
2
Communication
157
14
E-mail
157
1
HTML Forms
158
2
CGI
160
3
Perl
163
4
A Desktop Level ``Starter'' System
167
1
Site-Management Packages
168
3
Frequently Asked Questions
171
12
The Web
171
5
The Classroom
176
3
General
179
4
References
183
2
Index
185