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McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers
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McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers

Author: Wilbert James McKeachie; Barbara K Hofer; et al
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., ©2002.
Series: College teaching series.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 11th edView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
McKeachie, Wilbert James, 1921-
McKeachie's teaching tips.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2002
(OCoLC)680737518
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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