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Welcome to Teaching Tips.

In this area you will be able to access teaching tips from colleges and universities from across the nation.

Also, be sure to visit our Resources area for a list of books and articles and related websites.

Hot Tips

Table of contents:

Active/Student Centered Learning

Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Resist.html

Active Learning
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/
teachtip/active.htm

Turning Teaching into Learning: The Role of Student Responsibility in the Collegiate Experience
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/93-8dig.htm

Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/91-9dig.htm

Class Discussion

What are some good ways to facilitate discussion?
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/presenting/facilitatediscussion.html

Frequently Asked Questions about Discussion
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/faqdisc.htm

Tips on Leading an Effective Discussion
http://tep.uoregon.edu/workshops/teachertraining/beginnings/
onlinebeginnings/involveddiscuss.html

Using Small Groups Effectively
http://web.indstate.edu/ctl/tips/tip4_11.html

Group Discussions
http://www.meap.org/html/GroupDiscussions.htm

Classroom Management

How do I handle disruptive students?
hhttp://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/issuesofrespect/disruptive.html

Dealing with difficult students
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/veteranadvice/difficultstudents.html

Learning Student Names
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/names.htm

Strategies for Classroom Management
http://osi.fsu.edu/waveseries/htmlversions/wave3.htm

Collaborative/Cooperative Learning

Principles of Cooperative Learning
http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/cooplrn.htm

Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures,Pitfalls, and Payoffs
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Coopreport.html

Team Learning
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/assessment/teamlearning/teamlearndefined.html

Cooperative Learning: Increasing College Faculty Instructional Productivity
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/92-2dig.htm

Cooperative Learning: Increasing College Faculty Instructional Productivity
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/92-2dig.htm

Course Planning

Step by Step: Planning a College Course http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/instructional/planning.shtml

Planning for Effective Undergraduate Learning /Teaching
http://faculty.ntcc.edu/apt/module3.html

Creating Syllabi

Learning-Centered Syllabi Workshop
http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/syllabi.html

Building a Better Syllabus
http://www.isu.edu/ctl/nutshells/old_nutshells/1_2.htm

How do I build a "state of the art" syllabus?
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/preparingtoteach/buildsyllabus.html

Critical Thinking

The Critical Thinking Rubric
http://wsuctproject.wsu.edu/ctr.htm

Teaching Learning
http://web.indstate.edu/ctl/tips/tip2_6.html

Writing Multiple-Choice Questions that Demand Critical Thinking
http://cit.necc.mass.edu/atlt/TestCritThink.htm

How to Help Students Acquire Knowledge

Helping Students Learn How to Learn - W.J. McKeachie
http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/~lsche/proceedings/967_proc/967proc_mckeachie.htm

Learning Styles

Learning Style Useful in Improving Students' Learning
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/88dig.htm

Learning Styles
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.html

Motivating Students

Enhancing Student Learning: Intellectual,Social and Emotional Integration
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/95-4dig.htm

Twenty Tips on Motivating Students
http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/instructional/motivate.shtml

Testing, Grading, Assessment

Student-Generated Test Questions
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/questions.htm

Peer Assessment in Group Work
http://www.cae.pdx.edu/FacultyFocus/spring96/bulman.html

Classroom Assessment Techniques
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/assess.htm

Classroom Assessment: Enhancing the Quality of Adult Learning
http://www.drkenhunt.com/pubs/4.html

How do I go about grading constructively?
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/grading/constructively.html

Designing and Managing Multiple Choice Questions
http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html

Web-based Testing and Student Assessment
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/edtech/testing.html

Types of Teaching Questions
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/questype.htm

What to do on the First Day!

The First Day of Class
http://www.meap.org/html/TT_FirstDay.htm

101 Things You Can Do in the First Three Weeks of Class
http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/instructional/101things.shtml

The First Day of Class
http://www.osu.edu/education/ftad/Publications/firstday.html

What to do on the first day
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/managingclimate/firstday.html

The Most Important Day: Starting Well
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/dayone.htm

The First Day of Class... A Day of Missed Opportunities?
http://ctl.unc.edu/fyc1.html

 

 

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