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This chapter presents the results of the cross-case analysis comparing and synthesizing the empirical findings of each case study. The chapter provides a rich data-based outline of the curricular design elements characteristic of the three selected courses, including students’ perceptions based on course evaluation data from several cohorts. Moreover, the instructors’ scaffolding of students’ participation in the prevalent course activities is analyzed in terms of both the content of interaction and the interactional processes in which knowledge is constructed elucidating deeper-level quality dimensions and features that are embodied in these classrooms. Apart from that, the classroom community of learners that was cultivated over time as well as the teaching and learning challenges of each classroom as perceived by instructors and/or students are discussed.
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Hoidn, S. (2017). Characteristic Curricular Design Elements and (Deeper-Level) Quality Features of the Student-Centered Classrooms Under Study. In: Student-Centered Learning Environments in Higher Education Classrooms. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94941-0_5
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