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CAP, a Collaborative Analysis and Action Planning Process, is a consultation strategy developed to facilitate the improvement of teaching in higher education. The design is based on research from school ethnographies and instructional systems. CAP permits the complexities of the teaching process to be addressed and uses naturalistic inquiry methods in a consultation setting. Through the development of a collaborative relation with the instructor and students, their conscious and tacit knowledge can be combined with the consultant’s expertise to reach accurate data-based statements about the strengths, limitations, and achievable goals of the instructional process.
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CAP is a title given to this diagnostic consultation process by Dr. Deborah Orban, Asst. professor at the University of Texas. Dr. Orban further analyzed and described the CAP process for ther doctorial dissertation at Michigan State University, 1981.
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Cooper, C.R. Getting inside the instructional process. Journal of Instructional Development 5, 2–10 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02905490
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