Additional Info:
A rich compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practice of beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members. Forty-nine teaching tools cover both traditional tasks, writing a course syllabus, delivering a lecture and newer, broader concerns, such as responding to diversity, and using technology. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preface
The Author

ch. 1 Preparing or Revising a Course
ch. 2 The Course Syllabus
ch. 3 The First Day of Class
ch. 4 Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
ch. 5 Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
ch. 6 Reentry Students
ch. 7 Teaching Academically Diverse Students
ch. 8 Leading a Discussion
ch. 9 Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion
ch. 10 Asking Questions
ch. 11 Fielding Students' Questions
ch. 12 Preparing to Teach the Large Lecture Course
ch. 13 Delivering a Lecture
ch. 14 Explaining Clearly
ch. 15 Personalizing the Large Lecture Class
ch. 16 Supplements and Alternatives to Lecturing: Encouraging Student Participation
ch. 17 Maintaining Instructional Quality with Limited Resources
ch. 18 Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams
ch. 19 Role Playing and Case Studies
ch. 20 Fieldwork
ch. 21 Helping Students Learn
ch. 22 Learning Styles and Preferences
ch. 23 Motivating Students
ch. 24 Helping Students Write Better in All Courses
ch. 25 Designing Effective Writing Assignments
ch. 26 Evaluating Students' Written Work
ch. 27 Homework: Problem Sets
ch. 28 Quizzes, Tests, and Exams
ch. 29 Allaying Students' Anxieties About Tests
ch. 30 Multiple-Choice and Matching Tests
ch. 31 Short-Answer and Essay Tests
ch. 32 Grading Practices
ch. 33 Calculating and Assigning Grades
ch. 34 Preventing Academic Dishonesty
ch. 35 Chalkboards
ch. 36 Flipcharts
ch. 37 Transparencies and Overhead Projectors
ch. 38 Slides
ch. 39 Films and Videotapes
ch. 40 Computers and Multimedia
ch. 41 Fast Feedback
ch. 42 Watching Yourself on Videotape
ch. 43 Self-Evaluation and the Teaching Dossier
ch. 44 Holding Office Hours
ch. 45 Academic Advising and Mentoring Undergraduates
ch. 46 Guiding, Training, and Supervising Graduate Student Instructors
ch. 47 The Last Days of Class
ch. 48 Student Rating Forms
ch. 49 Writing Letters of Recommendation

Index