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	Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (JB - Anker Series) by Linda B. Nilson
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 371 EAN 9781882982646 ISBN 1882982649 Manufacturer Jossey-Bass Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 260 Publication Date April 25, 2007 Publisher Jossey-Bass Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox—a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises. It is now newly revised and expanded to cover more on the topics relevant to today's classroom such as technology and the Internet, simulations and games, diversity, service learning, and faculty evaluation systems. While retaining the proven, practical information from the first edition, this revision also includes entirely new sections on teaching with laptops, course portfolios, three new sections on teaching problem solving, and a new chapter on getting your students to do readings. Other new sections include learning and adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management/incivility, academic honesty, and grading. Rich with quick tips on a wide range of current issues, this is a guide that all teachers will continuously refer to for development and support of their teaching. Contents include 31 chapters on relevant topics such as: • Understanding your students • The complete syllabus • Your first day of class • Making the most of office hours • Motivating your students • Teaching to different learning styles • Getting your students to do the readings • Writing-to-learn activities and assignments • Teaching students to think and write in the disciplines • Science in the laboratory • Assessing students' learning in progress • Test construction/preparing students for tests • Evaluating and documenting teaching effectiveness This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox—a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises. It is now newly revised and expanded to cover more on the topics relevant to today's classroom such as technology and the Internet, simulations and games, diversity, service learning, and faculty evaluation systems. While retaining the proven, practical information from the first edition, this revision also includes entirely new sections on teaching with laptops, course portfolios, three new sections on teaching problem solving, and a new chapter on getting your students to do readings. Other new sections include learning and adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management/incivility, academic honesty, and grading. Rich with quick tips on a wide range of current issues, this is a guide that all teachers will continuously refer to for development and support of their teaching. Contents include 31 chapters on relevant topics such as: • Understanding your students • The complete syllabus • Your first day of class • Making the most of office hours • Motivating your students • Teaching to different learning styles • Getting your students to do the readings • Writing-to-learn activities and assignments • Teaching students to think and write in the disciplines • Science in the laboratory • Assessing students' learning in progress • Test construction/preparing students for tests • Evaluating and documenting teaching effectiveness This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox—a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises. It is now newly revised and expanded to cover more on the topics relevant to today's classroom such as technology and the Internet, simulations and games, diversity, service learning, and faculty evaluation systems. While retaining the proven, practical information from the first edition, this revision also includes entirely new sections on teaching with laptops, course portfolios, three new sections on teaching problem solving, and a new chapter on getting your students to do readings. Other new sections include learning and adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management/incivility, academic honesty, and grading. Linda B. Nilson is director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. Customers who bought this item also bought What the Best College Teachers Do The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach (JB - Anker) Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman) Introduction To Rubrics: An Assessment Tool To Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning Customer Reviews for: Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (JB - Anker Series) Rating - Teaching Supplies This book came recommended to me from my Professor as a valuable reference for my first year teaching college students. The books description matched the condition. Rating - teaching at the college level If you are teaching at the college-level or higher, this book is full of great ideas on everything from setting the tone in the first class to assessing students. Making your classes ones they look forward to attending. Rating - A must-have! This is a must-have book for college faculty. I use it to assist new faculty in developing their teaching abilities and I found many good ideas to improve my syllabus, enhance classroom interactions and help in creating an effective program for evaluating teacher effectiveness. My only complaint is that it is hard to get--too bad that such a valuable resource can't come via overnight express! Rating - Outstanding collection of practical tips and techniques Linda has done an excellent job of compiling and explaining some of the best available techniques for teaching and survival as a professor in the modern university environment. The text is highly readable and extremely practical. I have taught for 24 years in a variety of colleges and each time I open the book I find something new to try. See all books by author Linda B. Nilson

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