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Print Resources

Available for Loan from Faculty Development Program.
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Allen, R. R., & Rueter, T. (1990). Teaching assistant strategies: An introduction to college teaching. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Bligh, D. (2000). What's the use of lectures? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Brinkley, A., et al. (1999). The Chicago handbook for teachers: A practical guide to the college classroom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Brookfield, S. (2006). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Brookfield, S., & Preskill, S. (2005). Discussion as a way of teaching: Tools and techniques for democratic classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Chickering, A. & Gamson, Z.F, ed. (1991). Applying the seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Filene, P. G. (2005). The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors. H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Fleming, N. D. (2002). 55 strategies for better teaching. Christchurch, N.Z.: Neil Fleming.

Huber, M. T., & Hutchings, P. (2005). The advancement of learning: Building the teaching commons. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Magnan, R. (1990). 147 practical tips for teaching professors. Madison, WI: Magna Publications.

McKeachie, W. J., Svinicki, M. D., & Hofer, B. K. (2006). McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. College teaching series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Staley, C. C. (2003). 50 ways to leave your lectern: Active learning strategies to engage first-year students. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Stanley, C. A., & Porter, M. E. (2002). Engaging large classes: Strategies and techniques for college faculty. Bolton, MA: Anker Pub. Co.

 

Online Resources & Teaching Tips

Davis, Barbara Gross, Wood, Lynn and Wilson, Robert C. A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence

Diversity, Classroom Civility, Rules of Order Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Denver

Drummond, Tom. A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in Teaching

Faculty Development Associates Online Resources An extensive list of links on various subjects from Academic Integrity to Writing Learning Objectives.

First Class Meetings University of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, CA)

Graduate Student Development: Academic and Professional University of Nebraska – Lincoln.

Learning Styles University of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, CA)

Publications: For Your Consideration Series. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Teaching and Learning.

Teaching Style v. Learning Style The Ohio State University Center on Education and Training for Employment College of Education and Human Ecology

Teaching Tips Index from Honolulu Community College. Brief articles on a variety of topics including: preparing for the first day and weeks of class, ways engage students, setting expectations, principles of learning, organization and assessment.

Teaching tips for discussion sections, lab sections, and special issues Includes ideas on Effective Questioning, Wait - time (amount of time to wait after a question is posed), Recommendations for first time TA's, How to teach problem solving, TA-ing large classes, Encouraging participation in the classroom, What to do when students haven't done the reading, Acknowledging Responses and Dignifying Errors and Dramatic ideas for the classroom.

Topic Specific ResourcesUniversity of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, CA)

Wieman, C. (2007). Why not try: A scientific approach to science education? Change, 39(5), 9-15. (Accessible through Cline Library online journal search.)

 

NAU Links

Graduate Assistantship Policy Handbook

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