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Centers For Inquiry-based Learning
Established at Five Major Universities

The following five centers have been funded by The Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF), with help from certain key individuals, and substantial "in-kind" support from each of the five universities.

The two main goals (both achievable by sequences of extensive IBL courses) are the maximum development of each person’s ability:

  • to teach, and
  • to do research. 

The ability to teach well and to do research (from problem solving through creative, original work) is optimized by each student experiencing the IBL course sequence; i.e.: "Learning by Doing".

Many studies confirm that active engagement is an important key to learning – two of the most recent are published by the National Academies Press 1. IBL has proven to be an effective way to stimulate active student engagement.

The professors personally involved in teaching and managing these centers are listed with contact information. 

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
  Professor Thomas Judson – judson#math.harvard.edu;
       617-495-4869
Dean Michael Shinagel – Michael_Shinagel#harvard.edu;
      617-495-2930

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Professor Ralf Spatzier – Spatzier#umich.edu;
     734-763-3269

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Professor Kevin Corlette – Kevin#math.uchicago.edu;
     773-702-0702
Professor Dianne Herrmann – diane#math.uchicago.edu:
     773-702-7332
Professor Paul Sally – sally#math.uchicago.edu; 
     773-702-7331

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Professor Michael Starbird – Starbird#math.utexas.edu;
     512-471-5156

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
      Center for Mathematical Inquiry
Professor Thomas Sideris – Sideris#math.ucsb.edu; 
     805-893-2179
Professor Bill Jacob – Jacob#math.ucsb.edu;
     805-893-8048

1 National Academies Press (http://www.nap.edu)

  • How Students Learn (2005).
  • How People Learn (1999).