Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (JB - Anker Series)

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This best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox—a compilation of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises—meant to give classroom instructors a go-to guide for help teaching any subject matter. It is for those who teach in traditional contexts as well as those who teach adult and diverse student populations; it is for those who use considerable technology and multimedia resources as well as those who rely on conventional classroom methods. Newly revised and expanded, this edition covers 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. It 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 adult learning, the learning-centered syllabus, the cognitive profile learning styles model, and newly written chapters on classroom management, 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