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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wilbert James McKeachie; Barbara K Hofer; et al |
| ISBN: | 0618116494 9780618116492 |
| OCLC Number: | 48384137 |
| Description: | xxii, 371 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Countdown for course preparation -- Meeting a class for the first time -- Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning -- How to make lectures more effective -- Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function -- What to do about cheating -- The ABC's of assigning grades -- Motivation in the college classroom -- Valuing student differences -- Problem students (there's almost always at least one!) -- Counseling, advising, and educating -- Teaching students to learn through writing : journals, papers, and reports -- Reading as active learning -- Active learning : cooperative, collaborative, and peer learning -- Problem-based learning : teaching with cases, simulations, and games -- Technology and teaching -- Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!) -- Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience -- Facilitating experiential learning : service learning, fieldwork, and collaborative research -- Using project methods, independent study, and one-on-one teaching -- Teaching by distance education -- Teaching students how to learn -- Teaching thinking -- Teaching values : should we? can we? -- Ethics in college teaching -- Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career. |
| Series Title: | College teaching series |
| Other Titles: | Teaching tips, Teaching tips |
| Responsibility: | Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by Barbara Hofer ... [et al.]. |
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