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Teaching Large Classes: Tools and Strategies
Carbone, Elisa
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
1998
From the Publisher
You have finished your Ph.D. and landed your first academic job. Scanning the fine print, you realize the introductory class you have been assigned to teach is being held in an auditorium. A really big auditorium. Panic begins to set in. . . . In this handy and practical book, Elisa Carbone offers a wealth of sound advice on how to deal with a large class, from the first day to end-of-semester evaluations. Full of examples taken...

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Teaching Large Classes
Gedalof, Allan J.
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Halifax, NS
1998
From the Publisher
With this splendid monograph by Allan Gredalof the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education launches its new series of Green Guides. Each guide will deal with some aspect of teaching and learning in higher education. They will be solidly based on relevant research and theory, but the approach will be pragmatic and applied. The guides will be short, with an emphasis on clear, jargon-free expression, and plentiful...

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"The Lively Lecture - 8 Variations"
Frederick, Peter J.
College Teaching 34, no. 2 (1986): 43-50
1986

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"Student Involvement: Active Learning in Large Classes"
Frederick, Peter J.
in Teaching Large Classes Well (San Francisco:Jossey-Bass, 1987), 45-69
1987

•	Lectures/Large Classes

•	Active Learning

"Leading Discussion in a Lecture Course: Some Maxims and an Exhortation"
Gullette, Margaret
Change Mar/Apr (1992): 32-39
1992

•	Discussion

•	Lectures/Large Classes

"An Instructor Survival Kit for Use with Large Classes"
Gleason, Maryellen
American Association for Higher Education Bulletin 39, no. 2 (1986): 10-14
1986

•	General Best Practices

•	Lectures/Large Classes

•	Faculty Development

"What To Do When You Stop Lecturing"
Black, Karen A.
Journal of Chemical Education 70, no. 2 (1993): 140-144
1993

•	Lectures/Large Classes

•	Active Learning

Engaging Large Classes: Strategies and Techniques for College Faculty
Stanley, Christine A. and M. Erin Porter, editors
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2002
From the Publisher
Large classes are a fact of life in higher education. With 100 or more students in fixed seating, how does a faculty member structure the class to promote student learning? How does one manage the logistics of such a class? Are there alternatives to the lecture format? Are there actually advantages to the large class? Engaging Large Classes addresses these and many other questions.

Experienced teachers of large classes...

•	Lectures/Large Classes

•	Active Learning

Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups
McManus, Dean A.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2005
From the Publisher
This book records the story of how one professor at a research university used a form of active learning to change the way he taught from traditional lecture and examinations to cooperative learning and student projects.

Drawn from teaching notes, conversations with students, student evaluations, and annual reports, readers will learn the kinds of risks, assumptions, and decisions they will face as they change their...

•	Collaborative Learning

•	Active Learning

•	Lectures/Large Classes

What's the Use of Lectures?
Bligh, Donald A.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
In this first American edition of a best-selling classic, Donald Bligh draws from decades of research and hands-on experience to help college and university teachers develop and use lectures effectively. What's the Use of Lectures? is an indispensable guide for anyone who aspires to be a skilled lecturer and teacher. It examines the nature of teaching and learning in a classroom lecture--describing how students learn, how much...

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Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups to Learning Communities
MacGregor, Jean, James L. Cooper, Karl A. Smith, and Pamela Robinson
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
The large introductory lecture classes common on most campuses pose a particular challenge to instructors who want to encourage the active student involvement that is a vital part of the learning process

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Teaching Large Classes Well
Weimer, Maryellen Gleason , ed.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1987
From the Publisher
Until now, though seasoned practitioners know of the problems and have implemented solutions, a practical compendium of advice on teaching and learning in large classes has not appeared in the literature. This volume is an attempt to remedy that omission. It is intended to provide faculty who are teaching a large course for the first time practical advice that will ease the transition from small to large classes. It is the sort...

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Lecturing: Case Studies, Experience, and Practice
Edwards, Helen, Brenda Smith, and Graham Webb, editors
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2001
From the Publisher
Lecturing remains the staple teaching technique for most professionals in higher education. Lecturing can be a chore, a terror or an exhilarating experience. One thing that is certain: for students, good lecturing shows, is expected and pays dividends.

This book does not deal with the dry theory of lecturing, but rather it brings together the advice, experience and guidance of many experienced successful lecturers from...

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Teaching the Large College Class: A Guidebook for Instructors with Multitudes
Heppner, Frank
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
2007
From the Publisher
Teaching large classes is a fact of life for professors at many institutions. In addition to pedagogy, instructors of these courses must also be concerned with legal, ethical, financial, technological, personnel, and management issues. Virtually all introductory courses are large ones, as are the popular intermediate courses at large institutions. Typically, little or no training or instruction is provided to new professors...

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