McKeachie's teaching tips
Subtitle: strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers
By: Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by Barbara Hofer ... [et al.].
Contributors: Hofer, Barbara K.
Edition: 11th ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: College teaching.; First year teachers.; Teaching.
Other titles: Teaching tips
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-355) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Countdown for course preparation; value: Meeting a class for the first time; value: Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning; value: How to make lectures more effective; value: Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function; value: What to do about cheating; value: The ABC's of assigning grades; value: Motivation in the college classroom; value: Valuing student differences; value: Problem students (there's almost always at least one!); value: Counseling, advising, and educating; value: Teaching students to learn through writing : journals, papers, and reports; value: Reading as active learning; value: Active learning : cooperative, collaborative, and peer learning; value: Problem-based learning : teaching with cases, simulations, and games; value: Technology and teaching; value: Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!); value: Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience; value: Facilitating experiential learning : service learning, fieldwork, and collaborative research; value: Using project methods, independent study, and one-on-one teaching; value: Teaching by distance education; value: Teaching students how to learn; value: Teaching thinking; value: Teaching values : should we? can we?; value: Ethics in college teaching; value: Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.