Teaching with Case Studies

The following resources are online or available at Pickler Memorial Library.

Boehrer, John and Linsky, Marty. "Teaching with cases: Learning to question." Pages 41-57 IN: The Changing Face of College Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Jossey-Bass, 1990.  General Collection: LB 2331 C456 1990
"This chapter discusses the origins of the case method, looks at the question of what is a case, gives ideas about learning in case teaching, the purposes it can serve in the classroom, the ground rules for case discussion, including the role of questions, and new directions for case teaching." (ERIC)

Cliff, William H. and Curtin, Leslie Nesbitt. "The directed case method." Journal of College Science Teaching 30.1 (2000) : 64-66.  Periodicals: Q183 U6 J68
"Provides an example of a directed case on human anatomy and physiology.  Uses brief real life newspaper articles and clinical descriptions of medical reference texts to describe an actual, fictitious, or composite event.  Includes interrelated human and physiology topics in the scenario". (ERIC)

Fitch, Brian and Kirby, Alec.  "Students' assumptions and professors' presumptions," College Teaching, 48.2 (2000) : 47-54.  Link to article.
"Discusses the scholarship program of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin in Stout and the purpose of its teaching system using case studies". (EBSCOhost)

Friedberg, Solomon.  Teaching mathematics in colleges and universities: Case studies for today's classroom.  Providence, RI : American Mathematical Society, 2001.  General Collection: QA11 .A2 T43 2001.
Contains 14 cases covering topics such as coping with poor exam results, a struggling calculus student, and possible cheating.

Grupe, Fritz H. and Jay Joelle K.  "Incremental cases: Real-life, real-time problem solving."  College Teaching 48.4 (2000): 123-28.  Link to article.
Evaluates the use of incremental cases as methodology for classroom teaching. Includes the advantages and the disadvantages of case studies and a sample scenario in an incremental case. (EBSCOhost)

Lowe, Jane Isaacs and Reisch, Michael.  "Bringing the community into the classroom: Applying the experiences of social work education to service-learning in sociology."  Teaching Sociology 26.4 (1998) : 292-98.  Periodicals HM1 T43
"Illustrates how the graduate course could be adapted for teaching undergraduate sociology students about social problems within a community by linking fieldwork with a case study component." (ERIC)

Meyers, Chet and Jones, Thomas B.  Promoting active learning: Strategies for the college classroom.  Jossey-Bass, 1993.  Chapter 7: "Case studies," pp. 103-109.  General Collection : LB 1027.23 M49 1993
Includes: What happens in a case study; The purpose of case studies; Teaching the case study; In the classroom; Teaching model.

Compiled by Janet Romine
Pickler Memorial Library