People inadvertently increased their presence online with schools and workplaces now opting to function through various online platforms. People suddenly found themselves having to not only cope with the pandemic but also the onslaught of a new digital reality. These changes have severely affected (and continue to do so) people's financial conditions, physical and mental health, and social relationships. The pandemic encouraged governments to make changes and take decisions, like that of lockdowns and social distancing guidelines. The situation has since been running out of control as the entire world was forced to face a global pandemic at its doorsteps. December 2019 witnessed the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China in utter panic as the first wave of the novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 hit, soon to infect and take the lives of an overwhelming number of people. … Overall, I believe that this book will become an important resource for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty …. … the goal of this book is to offer a ‘big picture’ account thus, readers must consult individual papers to get details of the studies. Gautam Bhattacharyya teaches Chemistry at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA“The authors’ focus is to describe the mechanics of developing an initiative locally, expanding it to a national level, and evaluating its impacts on multiple sets of stakeholders. Most importantly, this book should have broad appeal because the authors are able to get their points across with clarity and rigor without getting bogged down with too much jargon. Overall, I believe that this book will become an important resource for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty because Gafney and Varma-Nelson offer insight in addition to knowledge they have gained. This book is a must read for anyone writing their first proposal for NSF's TUES (formerly CCLI) program! This monograph is a jam-packed, one-stop destination for anyone who wants to learn what it means to understand a widespread pedagogical development in post-secondary science education." Gafney and Varma-Nelson provide a coherent, tour-de-force look at the in-depth research that has been carried out, not only to understand the effect of PLTL on student learning, but also to understand the nature of the pedagogical method itself. "Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is one of the success stories resulting from the National Science Foundation's investment in educational innovation. The evaluation explained in this text is transportable to other programs and pedagogies. Finally, this study looks closely at institutionalization: the essential factors necessary for a program’s sustainability. The external evaluator measured the quality of implementation, student satisfaction, the impact on leaders, and other factors. Instructors compared grades of classes or cohorts of students with and without PLTL, with different kinds of controls. Dissemination of the method is carefully documented and analyzed.Įvaluation of the program’s effectiveness was shared. Those disseminating the model used the critical components to frame their presentations. Evaluation at each new site looked at implementation, comparing methods, materials, training, and organizational arrangements with what had been found to work effectively.
The evaluation uncovered six critical components for successful implementation. The text explains how the method evolved into a teaching/learning model. This book is a real-world study of Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL), a method in which undergraduates work together, under the guidance of a peer leader, in course-connected workshops.
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