McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers / Wilbert J. McKeachie, Marilla Svinicki ; with chapters by Barbara Hofer ... [et al.]
Material type: TextSeries: College teaching seriesPublication details: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin, c.2006.Edition: 12th edDescription: xxii, 407 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0618515569
- 9780618515561
- 378.12 22 MCK
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Index : p. 391-407.
Bibliography : p. 360-389.
Introduction -- Countdown for course preparation -- Meeting a class for the first time -- Reading as active learning -- Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning -- How to make lectures more effective -- Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function -- Testing : the details -- Tests from the students' perspective -- What to do about cheating -- The ABC's of assigning grades -- Motivation in the college classroom -- Teaching culturally diverse students -- Dealing with student problems and problem students (there's almost always at least one!) -- How to enhance learning by using high-stakes and low-stakes writing -- 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 -- Teacher's role in experiential learning -- Teaching by distance education -- Teaching students how to become more strategic and self-regulated learners -- Teaching thinking -- Ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics -- Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.
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