Intensive Courses

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This wiki page provides resources on designing or teaching intensive courses, which are also referred as "compressed courses," "accelerated courses," or "time-shortened courses."


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Bibliography

  • Daniel, E. L. (2000). A review of time-shortened courses across disciplines. College Student Journal, 34(2), 298. Ubc-elink.png
  • Kops, B. (2009). Best practices: Teaching in summer session. Summer Academe, 6, 47. Ubc-elink.png
  • Kucsera, J. V., & Zimmaro, D. M. (2010). Comparing the effectiveness of intensive and traditional courses. College Teaching, 58(2), 62-68. Ubc-elink.png
  • Lutes, L., & Davies, R. (2013). Comparing the rigor of compressed format courses to their regular semester counterparts. Innovative Higher Education, 38(1), 19-29. Ubc-elink.png
  • Martin, H., & Culver, K. B. (2009). To concentrate, to intensify, or to shorten? the issue of the short intensive course in summer sessions. Summer Academe, 6, 59. Ubc-elink.png
  • Scott, P. A. (2003). Attributes of high-quality intensive courses. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (97), 29-38. Ubc-elink.png
  • Wlodkowski, R. J., & Ginsberg, M. B. (2010). Teaching intensive and accelerated courses: Instruction that motivates learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Ubc-elink.png
  • Wlodkowski, R. J., & Kasworm, C. E. (Eds.). (2003). Accelerated learning for adults : The promise and practice of intensive educational formats. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Ubc-elink.png


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