Tools for TeachingThis is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than sixty-one chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings. |
Contents
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Classroom Conduct and Decorum | |
Responding to a Changing Student Body | |
Students with Disabilities | |
Reentry and Transfer Students | |
Teaching Academically Diverse Students | |
Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion | |
Guest Speakers | |
Enhancing Students Learning and Motivation | |
Learning Styles and Preferences | |
Informally Assessing Students Learning | |
Mobile Learning | |
Strengthening Students Writing and ProblemSolving Skills | |
Designing Effective Writing Assignments | |
Problem Sets | |
Online Discussions | |
Fielding Students Questions | |
Delivering a Lecture | |
Explaining Clearly | |
General Strategies | |
Maintaining Instructional Quality with Limited Resources | |
Web 2 0 | |
Formal Group Learning Activities | |
Informal Group Learning Activities | |
Case Studies | |
Role Playing Games and Virtual Worlds | |
Undergraduate Research | |
Chalkboards and Whiteboards | |
Overhead Projection | |
Video Recordings and Clips | |
Evaluation to Improve Teaching | |
The Teaching Portfolio | |
Teaching Outside the Classroom | |
Email Text Messages and Instant Messages | |
Academic Advising and Mentoring Undergraduates | |
Advising Student Organizations | |
Finishing | |
Writing Letters of Recommendation for Students | |
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References to this book
Effective Teaching Strategies: Lessons from Research and Practice Roy Killen No preview available - 2006 |