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McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers / Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by Barbara Hofer ... [and others].

Van Pelt Library LB1738 .M35 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McKeachie, Wilbert James, 1921-2019.
Contributor:
Hofer, Barbara K.
James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
Standardized Title:
Teaching tips
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
College teaching.
First year teachers.
Teaching.
Physical Description:
xxii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition:
Eleventh edition.
Other Title:
Teaching tips
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2002]
Contents:
Introduction
Countdown for course preparation
Meeting a class for the first time
Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning
How to make lectures more effective
Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function
What to do about cheating
The ABC's of assigning grades
Motivation in the college classroom
Valuing student differences
Problem students (there's almost always at least one!)
Counseling, advising, and educating
Teaching students to learn through writing : journals, papers, and reports
Reading as active learning
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
Facilitating experiential learning : service learning, fieldwork, and collaborative research
Using project methods, independent study, and one-on-one teaching
Teaching by distance education
Teaching students how to learn
Teaching thinking
Teaching values : should we? can we?
Ethics in college teaching
Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
OCLC:
48384137

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