Resources for Teaching & Learning
Active learning
Active Learning - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Case studies
Teaching with Case Studies - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Class discussion
Class Discussion - A list of resources
available online or in Pickler Library.
Class participation
Class Participation - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
A Student Participation Rubric. From Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville.
Classroom Structures that Encourage Student Participation.
Critical thinking
"Teaching Critical Thinking:
Some Lessons from Cognitive Science" (pdf) by Tim van Gelder
www.austhink.com
for argument mapping (faculty and students can download a copy of
the Rationale Argument Mapping Software)
"Argument
Maps Improve Critical Thinking" (pdf) by Charles R. Twardy
Critical
Thinking Definitions compiled by Royce Kallerud (English &
Linguistics)
Critical Thinking on the Web
Foundation for Critical Thinking Website
Critical Thinking - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills (pdf), by
C. L. Lynch and S. K. Wolcott.
IDEA Paper No. 37.
The CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment -- measuring how well
students learn to think) in
Truman's Fall 2006 Assessment Almanac (pdf)
The NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) -- results on p. 29
of
Truman's 2006 Assessment Almanac (pdf)
Ethics in teaching
Ethics in Teaching. - A list of resources
available online or in Pickler Library.
Evaluations
Early Evaluation Forms for Courses. Used by Harvard
University which strongly urges "all teachers to get some form of
feedback from their students in the third or fourth week of the
term. Getting feedback early enables you to adjust your
teaching in time to make a difference."
Mid-Term Evaluations, by Suzanne Le-May Sheffield. Dalhousie
University.
Grading and testing
Grading and Testing - A list of resources
available online or in Pickler Library.
Testing and Grading. University of Michigan.
Learning styles
A guide to Learning Styles. Using the VARK questionnaire.
Student Learning Styles and Their Implications for Teaching (pdf).
University of Michigan.
Learning Styles. Richard Felder, North Carolina State
University.
Learning
Styles Site. Indiana State University, Center for Teaching
and Learning.
Lectures
Improving the Lecture - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Learning with Lectures (pdf). University of Michigan.
Lecture alternatives
Alternatives to the Lecture - A list
of resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Problem students/Students with
problems
Problem Students/Students with
Problems - A list of resources available online or in Pickler
Library.
Syllabus
Syllabus Preparation - A list of
resources available online or in Pickler Library.
Writing a Syllabus (pdf), by H. B. Altman and W. E. Cashin.
IDEA Paper No. 27.
Technology
Use of Technology in Teaching - A list
of resources available online or in Pickler Library.