The following fourteen are the packets available, while supply lasts:

• The Power of Student Stories:

  • Connections that Enhance Learning, Peter Frederick

  • Unlearning: A Critical Element in the Learning Process, Virginia S. Lee

  • Teachers and Scholars as Designers, Pat Hutchings Charles M. Spuches

  • Integrating "Learning How to Learn" Strategies into Your Content Teaching, Terry Doyle

  • The Uses of Uncertainty in the College Classroom, Virginia S. Lee

  • What They Don’t Know Can Hurt Them: The Role of Prior Knowledge in Learning, Marilla Svinicki

  • Promoting Learning through Inquiry, Virginia S. Lee
     

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• Change, Renewal, and the Professoriate

  • Transitions: What’s Love Got to Do with It?, Kathleen T. Brinko

  • Teachers are Diverse, too: Understanding Beliefs about Teaching and Learning, Richard Tiberius

  • Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Pat Hutchings

  • Rethinking What it Means to Be a Scholar, Gene Rice

  • Ten Qualities of Self-Renewing Faculty, Fred Hudson

  • Why Professors Don't Change, Loren Eckroth

  • Engaging Faculty in New Forms of Teaching and Learning, Paul Hagner
     

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• Thoughts on the Future 

  • The American Professoriate in Transition, Ronald D. Simpson and Thomas G. Dyer
  • Teaching and Values: What Values Will We Take into the 21st Century, Kathleen McGrory
  • Emerging Trends in College Teaching for the 21st Century, Milton D. Cox
     

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• Technology and Related Issues

  • PowerPoint: Possibilities and Problems, Eugene V. Gallagher and Michael Reder
  • Helping Students (Better) Evaluate and Validate WWW Resources, David L. Graf
  • Are we going to Cyberspace, or is this just another trip to Abilene?, William K. Jackson
  • Challenges in Using Technology for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, G. Roger Sell
  • Great Expectations and Challenges for Learning Objects, Anne H. Moore
     

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• Improvement of Teaching and Assessment 

  • Validity, Research, and Reality: Student Ratings of Instruction at the Crossroads, Jennifer Franklin
  • Improving Teaching through Classroom Action Research, Gwynn Mettetal
  • Achieving Teaching and Learning Excellence through Faculty Learning Communities, Milton Cox
  • Teaching Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty, Mary Ann Cessna and Laurel Black
  • Teaching Goals, Assessment, Academic Freedom, and Higher Learning, Tom Angelo
  • Making Sense (and Use) of Written Student Comments, Karron G. Lewis
  • Classroom Assessment and Classroom Research: Guidelines for Success, Tom Angelo
  • Countering Common Misbeliefs about Student Evaluation of Teaching, Robert Boide

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• Assessment and Grading

  • McKeachie, W. (1986). The ABC's of assigning grades. In Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher. Lexington, Massachusetts. DC Heath Company.

  • Stiggins, R. (1992). High quality classroom assessment: What does it really mean? Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement . Summer '92.

  • Stiggins, R. (1987). Design and development performance assessment. Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement.Fall '87.

  • Frisbie, D. and Waltman, K. (1992). Developing a personal grading system. Instructional Topics in Educational Measurement . Fall '92.

  • Schafer, W. (UMCP, EDMS). Example of Component Weighting Systems.

  • Schafer, W. (UMPC, EDMS). Thinking Skills, Trigger Words, and Evaluative Criteria.

  • Hall, K. (1992). Co-Assessment: The bridge between student self-assessment and teacher assessment. Paper presented at the 12th Annual International Seminar for Teaching Education. The University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W.

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• Cooperative Learning

  • Johnson, D. et al (1991). College teaching and cooperative learning. In Active Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom. Edina, MN. Interaction Book Company.

  • Cooper, J. et al (1990). Cooperative learning and college instruction: Effective use of student learning teams. Long Beach, CA. California State University Foundation.

  • Johnson, D. et al (1991). Integrated use of all types of cooperative learning. In Active Learning: Cooperation in the Classroom. Edina, MN. Interaction Book Company.

  • Kabel, R. (1990). Cooperative learning and college teaching: Tips from the trenches. The Teaching Professor. 4 (5) pps. 1-2.

  • Cooper,J. (1991). Sabotaging cooperative learning: Or snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Cooperative Learning and College Teaching. 1 (2) pps. 1,5-6.

  • Seven cooperative structures for the lecture hall for selected discussion and Seven additional cooperative structures for selected discussions. (Richard Solomon, Resource Packet).

  • Group dynamics and cooperative learning; An annotated bibliography. (source unknown).

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• Critical Thinking

  • Teaching thinking in college. NCRIPTAL. Accent on Improving College Teaching and Learning.

  • Lipman, M. Critical Thinking: What Can It Be? Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, New Jersey.

  • Paul, R. and Park, R. (1992). Critical thinking and teaching. The Teaching Professor, 6 (3).

  • Weinstein, M. Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines. Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State College, New Jersey.

  • Basic Critical Thinking Texts: A bibliography. Institute for Critical Thinking, Monclair State College, New Jersey.

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• Discussion

  • McKeahie, W. (1986). Organizing effective discussions. In Teaching Tips: A guide for the Beginning College Teacher (8th ed.). Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath Company.

  • Ewens, W. (1989). Teaching using discussions. In Neff and Weimer (Eds.), Classroom Communications: Collected Readings for the Effective Discussion and Questioning, Madison, Wisconsin: Magna Publications.

  • Bergquist, W. & Phillips, S. (1989). Classroom structures which encourage student participation. In Neff and Weimer (Eds.), Classroom Communications: Collected Readings for the Effective Discussion and Questioning, Madison, Wisconsin: Magna Publications.

  • Fredrick, P. (1989). The dreaded discussion: Ten ways to start. In Neff and Weimer (Eds.), Classroom Communications: Collected Readings for the Effective Discussion and Questioning, Madison, Wisconsin: Magna Publications.

  • Discussions: Leading, guiding, but not controlling. (1992) The Teaching Professor, 6 (8) 1-2.

  • Knoedler, A. & Shea, M. (1992). Conducting discussions in the diverse classroom. To Improve the Academy, 11. p. 123-135.

  • Welty, W. (1989). Discussion method teaching. Change July/August, 41-49.

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• Diversity

  • Allen, B. & Niss, J. (1990). A chill in the college classroom. Phi Delta Kappan. April.

  • Payne, C. (1983). Multicultural education: A natural way to teach. Contemporary Education, 54 (2), 98-104.

  • Greenberg, J., et al. (1992) Creating multicultural classrooms: An experience-derived faculty development program. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no. 49. Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  • Kolodny, A. (1991). Colleges must recognize students' cognitive styles and cultural backgrounds. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb, 6.

  • Adams, M. (1992). Cultural inclusion in the American college classroom. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no 49. p. 5-17. Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  • Sadker, M & Sadker, D. (1992). Ensuring equitable participation in college classes. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no 49. p. 49-57. Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  • Davis, B. (in press). Diversity and complexity in the classroom: Considerations of race, ethnicity, and gender. In Tools for Teaching, Jossey-Bass Publishers.

  • Guidelines for Multicultural and Gender Fair Teaching (1989). Adapted for Multicultural Education Issues and Perspectives, J.A. Banks and C.A. M. Banks, eds. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

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• Lectures

  • Frederick, P. (1986). The lively lecture - 8 variations. College Teaching 34 (2) 41-49.

  • McKeachie, W. (1986). Lecturing. In Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher. Lexington, Massachusetts. DC Heath Company.

  • Gleason, M. (1986). Better communication in large courses. College Teaching 34 (1).

  • Participation in large classes. (1990) The Teaching Professor . Feb. '90.

  • Frederick, P. (1987). Student involvement: Active learning in large classes. New Dimensions for Teaching and Learning 32 p. 45-55.

  • Cooper, J. et al (1990). Fitting Cooperative Learning into existing teaching styles: Lectures. In Cooperative Learning and College Instruction: Effective Use of Student Learning Teams. Long Beach, CA. California State University Foundation.

  • Do's and Don'ts in Large Lectures: Brainstorming Views from Good Students. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Program.

  • Notes from CORE Workshop 3/6/91: Teaching Large Classes. Center for Teaching Excellence.

  • TCEP Resource Bibliography, Teaching Skills: the lecture method.

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• Syllabus Construction

  • Rubin, S. (1985). Professors, students, and the syllabus. Chronicle of Higher Education, August 7th.

  • Millis, B. (1989). Helping students make connection: Emphasizing the role of the syllabus. To Improve the Academy 8, 235-244.

  • Altman, H. & Cashin, W. (1992). Writing a syllabus. Idea Paper No. 27. Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development.

  • Diamond, R. (1991). Preparing a descriptive manual for students. In Designing and Improving Courses and Curricula in Higher Education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Company.

  • Syllabus Checklist. Center for Professional Development, Syracuse University.

  • Model Syllabus: EDPA 634. Dr. Steven Selden

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• Teaching Portfolios

  • Seldin, P., & Annis, L. (1992). The teaching portfolio. Teaching Excellence 3 (2) 1-2.

  • Seldin, P. (1991). The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. Chapters one through five. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.

  • Waterman, M. (1990). Items that Might be Included in a Teaching Dossier. University of Pittsburgh.

  • Sample items that might be included in a teaching portfolio. (1992) Taken from Edgerton, et al., (1992) The Teaching Portfolio, Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching. Washington DC: American Association for Higher Education.

  • Daumit, Richard. An example of a portfolio introduction and outline by a part-time lecturer.

  • Handouts: The Teaching Portfolio: Possible Models, and Creating Teaching Portfolios.

  • Ottaway, R. N. How students learn in a management class. The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching. Washington, D.C: American Association for Higher Education.

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• Technology Applications

  • Conway, K. (1991). Putting technology in its place: The classroom. Institute for Academic Technology, Spring.

  • McKeachie, W. (1986). Computer uses in teaching and learning. In Teaching Tips: A Guidebook for the Beginning College Teacher. Massachusetts: DC Heath Company.

  • Lamb, A. (1992). Multimedia and the teaching learning process in higher education. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 51, 33-42.

  • Albright, M. & Graf, D. (1992). Instructional technology and the faculty member. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 51 , 7-15.

  • Listing of campus media support services. Academic Media, Technology and Telecommunications Media Support Committee.

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