New Faculty Resources
"Novice instructors and student-centered instruction: identifying and addressing obstacles to learning in the college science laboratory."
"Novice instructors and student-centered instruction: identifying and addressing obstacles to learning in the college science laboratory." The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(1). Winter, D., Lemons, P., Bookman, J., Hoese, W. (2001) Two biologists and two mathematicians collected data through clinical observations of 40 laboratory sections. Identifies and analyzes some problems with the implementation of student-centered instruction in introductory college science and mathematics laboratory courses. Potential problems include those associated with interactions between the instructor and individual students, interactions between the instructor and small groups of students, and the instructor's ability to monitor the learning environment. Provides practical suggestions for dealing with each category of problems.
http://www.iupui.edu/%7Ejosotl/VOL_2/NO_1/winters_vol_2_no_1.htm
101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class
"101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class" is an excellent resource compiled by Joyce T. Povlacs of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It contains "suggestions for college teachers who are looking for a fresh way of creating the best possible environment for learning." The list is divided into the following sections: Helping Students Make Transitions; Directing Students' Attention; Challenging Students; Providing Support; Encouraging Active Learning; Building Community; and Feedback on Teaching
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/101thing.htm
A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
Teaching with Excellence, a UC-Berkeley compendium of best teaching practices by Barbara Gross Davis, Lynn Wood, and Robert C. Wilson, contains several sections relevant to developing and delivering lectures as a teaching technique.
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
"Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers"
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy
The University of Victoria's website briefly defines and explains Bloom's work, Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html
Common Teaching Methods
List of strengths and limitations of 14 teaching methods, such as lecture, lecture with discussion. brainstorming, videotapes, class discussion, small group discussion, case studies, etc.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/comteach.htm
Common Visual Aids
Honolulu Community College's website lists the advantages and disadvantages of the following common visual aids: slides, flip charts, posters, videos, overhead transparencies, and PowerPoint presentations.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/visuals.htm
Creating a Syllabus
"Creating a Syllabus" is taken from the very popular and practical book, Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis (Jossey-Bass 2001). It includes suggestions of what to include in a course syllabus
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html
First Day of Class
The importance of getting a good start is underscored by Richard M. Felder (North Carolina State University) and Rebecca Brent (East Carolina University) in the following statement from this Web site: "The first day of a course may not determine how well the rest of the course works, but it goes a long way. A good start can carry the instructor through several weeks of early shakiness, and a bad one can take several weeks of damage control to overcome." The web site includes the following sections Opening Formalities (syllabus, calendar, policies and procedures); Suggestions for Learning Names; and Ideas to Motivate Students
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/resources/firstdaytools.html
Getting Started
Getting Started [Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent, Chem. Engr. Education, 29(3), 166-167] provide helpful hints on how to prepare for the first day of class.
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Columns/Getstart.html
Getting Started: The First Week of Class
Union University's Center for Faculty Development website is titled "Getting Started: The First Week of Class" and contains the following suggestions: First Day of Class Do's and Don'ts; Learning Students' Names; Predicting Success; Some Fundamentals of Good Teaching Practice; and Student Profile
http://www.uu.edu/centers/faculty/resources/index.cfm?CatID=8
Good Classroom Teaching for All Kinds of Learners
Ten things that teachers can do to help students with learning differences succeed in the regular classroom, adapted from Learning to Learn by Carolyn Olivier and Rosemary Bowler (Simon and Schuster)
http://www.hellofriend.org/teaching/good_classroom.html
Guidelines for Writing a Course Syllabus
Grand Rapids Community College's Center for Teaching and Learning website offers the essential elements of a course syllabus, including description, purpose, and the syllabus format (course information, instructor information, policy statements, class information, right to change, college policies).
http://web.grcc.cc.mi.us/ctl/faculty resources/syllabus.htm
Motivating Students
"Motivating Students" is taken from the very popular and practical book, Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis (Jossey-Bass 2001). It includes suggestions on how to structure courses to best motivate students. Related concepts: grades, motivation, instruction
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html
Suggestions for Creating Effective Overhead Transparencies
University of Akron's College of Education presents suggestions for creating effective overhead transparencies. The website includes the advantages and disadvantages, design guidelines, preparation tips, types of film and how to prepare multiple layer transparencies
http://www2.uakron.edu/irteach/overheads.htm
Syllabus Writing 101
Ann Luck at Penn State's Center for Academic Computing has created "Syllabus Writing 101" that includes how-to information and templates.
https://courses.worldcampus.psu.edu/facdev101/syllabustemplate/syllabus.html
Teaching Effectiveness Program
Resources from the Teaching Effectiveness program at the University of Oregon, including strategies for new teachers, instructional technology tools, and methods for improving instruction. In particular, check out "Teaching FAQs," "Large Class Teaching," and the "Resource Exchange."
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/index.html
Teaching Goals Inventory
The Teaching Goals Inventory, developed by Thomas Angelo and Patricia Cross, is a self-assessment of instructional goals. Its purpose is threefold: (1) to help college teachers become more aware of what they want to accomplish in individual courses; (2) to help faculty locate Classroom Assessment Techniques they can adapt and use to assess how well they are achieving their teaching and learning goals; and (3) to provide a starting point for discussion of teaching and learning goals among colleagues.
http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ecenteach/tgi/background.html
Teaching Guides
This website for the University of Minnesota system's Center for Teaching and Learning Services contains a wealth of teaching and learning resources. It includes guides on the following topics: "Seven Principles for Practice in Good Teaching" by Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda Gamson; What I Wish They'd Told Me; The Role of Prior Knowledge in Learning; Getting Students Involved; Your Syllabus; Some Ideas for Lecturing; Suggestions for an Effective Lecture; So Much Content, So Little Time; Setting the Pattern for Active Participation from Day One
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/guides/index.html
Teaching Ideas and Advice
The English Department at Florida State University has produced a comprehensive website on teaching freshman writing. It contains a list of questions to pose during the first week for a first year writing class. However, the questions could be easily adapted to other classes in order to get to know students better at the beginning of a course.
http://writing.fsu.edu/fyw/tguide/p4/part4cc.htm
The First Day of Class
"The First Day of Class" is taken from the very popular and practical book, Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis (Jossey-Bass 2001). This Web site contains suggestions on handling administrative matters, creating an open and friendly classroom environment, and setting course expectations and standards.
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/firstday.html
The Most Important Day: Starting Well
Delivee L. Wright of the University of Nebraska compiled practical suggestions on the Web site titled "The Most Important Day: Starting Well."
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/dayone.htm
Tools for Teaching and Learning
A well-organized website containing information on course design, teaching techniques and assessment strategies from the Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Tools/
Using Overhead Transparencies
"While the current trend is heading toward the use of the LCD projector technology, the overhead projector is still the most popular presentation device used today." Seminar leader Lenny Laskowski offers guidelines and tips for an effective presentation using the overhead projector.
http://www.ljlseminars.com/transp.htm
What is Good Teaching?
By K. P. Mohanan, Center for the Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, 2000
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/Ideas/iot8.htm
Writing a Syllabus
Howard B. Altman and William E. Cashin provide an extensive list of suggestions from the literature about what information to include in a course syllabus.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/writesyl.htm