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Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I What Is Known: Principles, Research Findings, And Implementation Issues -- 1 Recent Perspectives On Undergraduate Teaching And Learning -- 2 Characterizing And Mobilizing Effective Undergraduate Teaching -- 3 Aligning The Cultures Of Research And Teaching In Higher Education -- 4 Evaluating Teaching In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics: Principles And Research Findings -- Part Ii Applying What Is Known: Strategies For Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness -- 5 Evaluation Methodologies -- 6 Evaluation Of Individual Faculty: Criteria And Benchmarks -- 7 Evaluation Of Departmental Undergraduate Programs -- 8 Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A Selected Student Evaluation Instruments -- Appendix B Samples Of Questionnaires Used To Evaluate Undergraduate Student Learning -- Appendix C Examples Of Questions For Conducting Peer Evaluations Of Teaching -- Appendix D Biographical Sketches Of Committee Members -- Index.