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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1882982649
ISBN-13
9781882982646
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30246902
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Publication Name
Teaching at Its Best : a Research-Based Resource for College Instructors
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education
Series
JB-Anker Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
22.6 Oz
Item Length
11.1 in
Item Width
8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-541168
Series Volume Number
39
Table Of Content
Preface. Part I. Sound Preparations. 1. Instructional Support Services and Resources. 2. Understanding Your Students. 3. In the Beginning: Course design by Objectives. 4. The Complete Syllabus. 5. Course Coordination between Faculty and TAs. 6. Copyright Guidelines for Instructors. Part II. Good Beginnings. 7. Your First Day of Class. 8. Preventing and Responding to Classroom Incivility. 9. Preserving Academic Honesty. 10. Making the Most of Office Hours. 11. Motivating Your Students. Part III. Varieties of Learning and Teaching Strategies. 12. Teaching to Different Learning Styles. 13. An Introduction to Student-Active Teaching: The Discovery Method. 14. Making the Lecture a Learning Experience. 15. Leading Effective Discussions. 16. Questioning Techniques for Discussion and Assessment. 17. Experimental learning Activities. 18. Learning in Groups. 19. Getting Your Students to do the Readings. 20. Writing-to-Learn Activities and Assignments. 21. Teaching Your Students to Think and Write in the Disciplines. 22. Tools of the Trade: making the Most of Instructional Aids and Technology. Part IV: Teaching Problem Solving for Today's World. 23. Teaching Problem Solving I: The Case Method. 24. Teaching Problem Solving II: Problem-Based Learning. 25. Teaching Problem Solving III: Quantitative Reasoning. 26. Teaching Problem Solving IV: Science in the Laboratory. Part V. Assessment/Measuring Outcomes. 27. Assessing Students' Learning in Progress. 28. Test Construction. 29. Preparing Students for Tests. 30. Grading: Tests, Assignments, and Course Performance. 31. Evaluating and Documenting Teaching Effectiveness. References. Index.
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox--a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises--meant to give classroom instructors a go-to guide for help teaching any subject matter. It is for those who teach in traditional contexts as well as those who teach adult and diverse student populations; it is for those who use considerable technology and multimedia resources as well as those who rely on conventional classroom methods. Newly revised and expanded, this edition covers more on the topics relevant to today's classroom such as technology and the Internet, simulations and games, diversity, service learning, and faculty evaluation systems. It also includes entirely new sections on teaching with laptops, course portfolios, three new sections on teaching problem solving, and a new chapter on getting your students to do readings. Other new sections include adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management, academic honesty, and grading. Rich with quick tips on a wide range of current issues, this is a guide that all teachers will continuously refer to for development and support of their teaching. Contents include 31 chapters on relevant topics such as Understanding your students The complete syllabus Your first day of class Making the most of office hours Motivating your students Teaching to different learning styles Getting your students to do the readings Writing-to-learn activities and assignments Teaching students to think and write in the disciplines Science in the laboratory Assessing students' learning in progress Test construction/preparing students for tests Evaluating and documenting teaching effectiveness, This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox-a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises-meant to give classroom instructors a go-to guide for help teaching any subject matter. It is for those who teach in traditional contexts as well as those who teach adult and diverse student populations; it is for those who use considerable technology and multimedia resources as well as those who rely on conventional classroom methods. Newly revised and expanded, this edition covers more on the topics relevant to today's classroom such as technology and the Internet, simulations and games, diversity, service learning, and faculty evaluation systems. It also includes entirely new sections on teaching with laptops, course portfolios, three new sections on teaching problem solving, and a new chapter on getting your students to do readings. Other new sections include adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management, academic honesty, and grading. Rich with quick tips on a wide range of current issues, this is a guide that all teachers will continuously refer to for development and support of their teaching. Contents include 31 chapters on relevant topics such as Understanding your students The complete syllabus Your first day of class Making the most of office hours Motivating your students Teaching to different learning styles Getting your students to do the readings Writing-to-learn activities and assignments Teaching students to think and write in the disciplines Science in the laboratory Assessing students' learning in progress Test construction/preparing students for tests Evaluating and documenting teaching effectiveness, This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox-a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises-meant to give classroom instructors a go-to guide for help teaching any subject matter.
LC Classification Number
LB2331.N55 2003
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