Tools for teaching

Preface

Credits

The Author

Part I. Getting Under Way

1. Designing or Revising a Course

2. The Comprehensive Course Syllabus

3. The First Days of Class

4. Classroom Conduct and Decorum

Part II. Responding To A Changing Student Body

5. Diversity and inclusion in the Classroom

6. Students with Disabilities

7. Reentry and Transfer Students

8. Teaching Academically Diverse Students

Part III. Discussion Strategies

9. Leading a Discussion

10. Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion

11. Online Discussions

12. Asking Questions

13. Fielding StudentsÆ Questions

Part IV. The Large-Enrollment Course

14. Preparing to Teach the Large-Enrollment Course

15. Delivering a Lecture

16. Explaining Clearly

17. Personalizing the Large-Enrollment Course

18. Encouraging Student Participation in the Large-Enrollment Course

19. Maintaining Instructional Quality with Limited Resources

Part V. Alternatives And Supplements To Lectures And Discussion

20. Web 2.0

21. Learning in Groups

22. Informal Group Learning Activities

23. Formal Group Learning Activities

24. Case Studies

25. Simulations: Role Playing, Games, and Virtual Worlds

26. Service Learning and Civic Engagement

27. Undergraduate Research

28. Guest Speakers

Part VI. Enhancing StudentsÆ Learning And Motivation

29. Helping Students Learn

30. Learning Styles and Preferences

31. Motivating Students

32. Informally Assessing StudentsÆ Learning

33. Mobile Learning

Part VII. Strengthening StudentsÆ Writing And Problem Solving Skills

34. Helping Students Write Better in All Courses

35. Designing Effective Writing Assignments

36. Evaluating StudentsÆ Written Work

37. Homework: Problem Sets

Part VIII. Testing And Grading

38. Promoting Academic Honesty

39. Quizzes, Tests, and Exams

40. Allaying StudentsÆ Anxieties about Tests

41. Multiple-Choice and Matching Tests

42. Short-Answer and Essay Tests

43. Grading Practices

44. Calculating and Assigning Grades

Part IX. Presentation Technologies

45. Flipcharts

46. Chalkboards and Whiteboards

47. Interactive Whiteboards

48. Overhead Projection

49. Slide Shows

50. Video Recordings and Clips

51. PowerPoint Presentations

Part X. Evaluation To Improve Teaching

52. Early Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning

53. Video Recordings and Classroom Observations

54. The Teaching Portfolio

Part XI. Teaching Outside The Classroom

55. Holding Office Hours

56. E-mail, Text Messages, and Instant Messages

57. Academic Advising and Mentoring Undergraduates

58. Guiding, Training, Supervising, and Mentoring Graduate Student Instructors

Part XII. Finishing Up

59. The Last Days of Class

60. Student Rating Forms

61. Writing Letters of Recommendation for Students

Index

Getting under way

Responding to a diverse student body

Discussion strategies

Lecture strategies

Collaborative and experiential strategies

Enhancing students' learning and motivation

Writing skills and homework assignments

Testing and grading

Instructional media and technology

Evaluation to improve teaching

Teaching outside the classroom

Finishing up.