Tips & strategies for writing and using cases

• Desirable Components/Characteristics of Cases for Small Group Learning: links to a PDF document that provides a checklist (with explanations) of case components.
• Guidelines for Case Writing: links to a PDF document that describes some guidelines for writing cases. Developed by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State.
• Using Cases in Teaching: links to a website created for instructors interested in starting to incorporate case assignments into their curricula. Topics include what is a case, writing the case, teaching tips, and more. Developed by Penn State University.
• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: links to a website containing resources focusing on case method teaching, assessing case instruction, case ideas and examples, and more. Developed by the University of Buffalo.
• The Case Files: links to a website created to: 1) improve the knowledge of strategies for delivery and development of case studies, 2) create an on-line clearinghouse of cases and case ideas, and 3) broadly disseminate case ideas and highly sophisticated cases for technological education. Developed by Nashville State Community College.
• Case Based Learning in Your Classes: links to a website focusing on describing types of cases and teaching methods, planning for case based learning, generating ideas for cases, case writing suggestions, assessing case learning, and more. Developed by Margaret A. Waterman and Ethel D. Stanley at the Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, School of University Studies.
• Why use cases?: links to a website containing bulleted list descriptions on underlying procedures for using cases, case based process, characteristics of a good case, choosing and using a case, materials to use for case, and more. Developed by the Walker Teaching Resource Center, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
• Teaching with the Case Method: links to a webpage describing formats for cases, managing a case assignment, designing case study questions, and managing discussion and debate effectively. Developed by Campus Instructional Consulting, Indiana University at Bloomington.
• Case-Based Teaching: links to a website that describes writing case studies and turning ideas into case studies. Developed by the Center for Public Health Practice, University of California, Berkeley.
• Learning with Cases: links to a website that describes the benefits from the case method,
  preparing for case discussions, preparing for written case analysis, making a case presentation, and evaluating student performance. Developed by the ICFAI Center for Management Research.
   

Assessing the quality of cases

• Case Evaluation Rubric: links to an evaluation rubric to assess the quality of cases along seven dimensions. Developed by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State. PDF format.
   

Sources & examples of cases

• Case Repositories and Examples: links to a webpage containing links to discipline specific case studies. Once the webpage opens, you should scroll down to the links located under the heading "Case Repositories and Examples: Discipline Specific (21 links)."
   

References on case-based learning