Teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers /

McKeachie, Wilbert James, 1921-,

Teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers / [print] Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by Nancy Chism ... [and others. - nineth edition. - Lexington, Massachusetts : District of Columbia Heath, (c)1994. - xx, 444 pages ; 21 cm.



Introduction -- Countdown for course preparation -- Meeting a class for the first time -- Lecturing -- Organizing effective discussion -- Six roles of teachers -- Laboratory teaching -- Project methods and independent study -- How to have smaller classes despite a shortage of faculty: students teaching students -- Reading, programmed learning, and computer-assisted instruction -- PSI, TIPS, contract plans, and modular instruction -- Audiovisual techniques -- Role playing and microteaching. Term papers, student reports, visiting experts, and field trips -- Instructional games, simulations, and the case method -- Examinations -- The a b c's of assigning grades -- Morale, discipline, order -- Counseling and individual instruction -- Class size, large classes, and multiple sections -- How to win friends and influence janitors -- Ethical standards in teaching -- Motivation, learning, and cognition in the college classroom -- Personalizing education -- Doing and evaluating research on teaching -- Student ratings of faculty -- Improving your teaching -- Faculty attitudes and teaching effectiveness.



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College teaching.
First year teachers.

LB1738.C542.T433 1994