Teaching Faculty 1 Running Head: CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING FACULTY Analyzing the Contextual, Motivational, and Conceptual Characteristics of Teaching Faculty in Regard to the Use of Learner Centered Approaches to Teaching Neil A. Knobloch Assistant Professor University of Illinois Department of Human and Community Development 139 Bevier Hall 905 S. Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 244-8093 Fax: (217) 244-7877 Email: nknobloc@uiuc.edu Anna L. Ball Assistant Professor University of Illinois Department of Human and Community Development 131 Bevier Hall 905 S. Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 244-7286 Fax: (217) 244-7877 Email: aball@uiuc.edu Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA. April 8, 2006