This volume is an overview of key variables influencing teaching and learning, and the application of empirical findings to develop and refine new systems of teaching and learning that provide the infrastructure for the day-to-day organization and assessment of student learning over the course of an academic term. It also offers an assessment of the effectiveness of each relative to both student learning and enjoyment of the learning process.

Written by leading teaching scholars these systems include the lecture, problem-based learning, case studies, team-based learning, interteaching, service-learning, just-in-time teaching, web-based computer-aided personalized instruction, and online teaching.