The Scholar as Teacher
A Tip-Sheet Series from McGraw
Teaching Lectures and Discussions
- Articulating Course Aims and Objectives
- Asking Good Questions in Class
- Building In Time to Think and Reflect During Class
- Dealing with Laptops in the Classroom
- Encouraging Interaction in Science and Engineering
- Engaging a Large Lecture Class
- Facilitating Discussion in Humanities and Social Sciences
- First Day of Class
- Guiding Students in Using Technology Appropriately—Suggestions for Your Syllabus
- Helping Students Get More Out of Office Hours
- How to Engage Students in Lecture
- Motivating Students to Read Actively
- Motivating Your Students: Part One
- Motivating Your Students: Part Two
- Moving Forward From Mid-Term
- Reflection as Learning: Helping Your Students Look Back at the Semester
- Teaching Disciplinary Thinking Through Small Group Activities
- Teaching Large Classes—Advice from Faculty
- Teaching Oral Presentation Skills
- Teaching With Your Mouth Shut
- What To Do When Class Discussion Stalls
Grading Students and Course Assessment
- Assessing Student Learning at the End of the Semester: Bloom's Taxonomy
- Dealing with Students About Grades
- Designing a Final Exam Worth Grading
- Evaluating Student Work
- Getting Feedback on your Teaching
- Gleaning Insights from the Semester
- Guiding Your AIs: Grading Practices
- Interpreting Student Evaluations
- Looking Back to Move Forward
- Making Informed Grading Decisions: Advice for Faculty Members
- Providing Students with Feedback
- Reading Student Evaluations
- Using Mid-Term Evaluations to Promote Student Learning
Understanding Student Learning
- Creating Course “Flow”: Finding the Balance Between Boredom and Anxiety
- Cultivating Complexity: Helping Students Recognize and Deal with Plurality and Uncertainty
- Cultivating Reasoning Skills: Helping Students Recognize and Deal with Uncertainty
- Evaluating Progress at Mid-Term: Teaching Students How to Learn
- Guiding Students into Doing the "Work" of Learning
- Prior Knowledge and Student Learning
- Promoting Students' Ability to Retain Information and Apply it in New Situations
- What Do Your Students Know for the Final
Advising and Mentoring Students
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