Center for Learning & Teaching

A guide to make the most of small group learning. The authors synthesize relevant research supporting thirty-five collaborative learning activities for use in both traditional and online classrooms. Addresses the challenges of online, flipped, and large lecture teaching environments, and how to solve common problems associated with group work. Includes an all-new chapter on using games to provide exciting, current, technologically-sophisticated curricula. Provides practical advice on how to form groups, assign roles, build team spirit, address unexpected problems, and evaluate / grade student participation.

Peer Instruction:  A User's Manual is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to plan and implement Peer Instruction lectures. The teaching methodology is applicable to a variety of introductory science courses (including biology and chemistry). However, the additional material--class-tested, ready-to-use resources, in print and on CD-ROM (so professors can reproduce them as handouts or transparencies)--is intended for calculus-based physics courses.

Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a unique, powerful, and proven form of small-group learning generates high levels of engagement, critical thinking, and retention among students. Used successfully in both small and large classes, in computer-supported and online classes, and has been implemented in nearly every discipline and in countries around the world.This book introduces the elements of TBL and how to apply them in the social sciences and humanities. Includes specific examples of TBL in disciplines as varied as economics, education, literature, politics, psychology, and theatre.

WITH A FOREWORD BY AARON SAMS. If you've decided to flip your class, you probably have new questions: How do I do this? What will it look like? What will students do in class? How will I create learning experiences for students outside of class? What have other teachers done? Flipping 2.0:Practical Strategies for Flipping Your Class seeks to answer your questions. And it opens the dialogue for us to continue to learn together. In this book, you will follow practicing classroom teachers as they walk you through their flipped classroom journey; why and how they made the change, what obstacles they overcame, the technology they used, and where they are heading next. As a flipped learning teacher, you need time to check out workable solutions that other teachers have created. Look inside their classrooms and learn from their experiences. Watch flipped teachers at work. Pick the brains of those who've been there, and join the conversation.

In the past decade, traditional classroom teaching models have been transformed in order to better promote active learning and learner engagement. Using narrative explanations and foundation materials provided by experienced instructors, this book presents the benefits and challenges of flipped classroom methodologies to educators and educational administrators across all disciplines and levels.

Flipping the classroom is transforming the traditional learning environment into active learning. Examines the benefits, shortcomings, perceptions, and academic results of the flipped classroom model. An essential reference for students, educators, administrators, and researchers interested in this emerging approach to improving student learning.

New internet technologies have led to growing use of scenario-based virtual environments and serious games in education. This book examines aspects of assessment in virtual worlds combined with lessons learned from critical reflection. These case studies present successes, challenges, and innovations to be utilized as a framework for practitioners and researchers to base their own effective forms of scenario-based learning.

Why are so many students intellectually disengaged? This book shows how role-immersion games channel students competitive (and sometimes mischievous) impulses into transformative learning experiences. Explores a pedagogy which features month-long games set during the French revolution, the partition of India, and dozens of other epochal moments in disciplines ranging from art history to the sciences. Fosters strong community bonds among teammates and develops speaking, writing, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

How to adapt methods and make them your own for the college classroom, including new technologies and active learning. Innovative topics and techniques include: lecture-free teaching, peer-led study groups, jigsaw techniques that enhance learning, large-group settings, interactive video conferences for assessing student attitudes and behaviors.

Offers an abundance of strategies, tips, examples, ideas, and resources to free your students (and you) from dry lecture formats. Engage your students through the magic of stories (delivered through educational case studies) that put science into vivid context.

This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for every student. The suggested strategies are supported by research and adaptable to specific classroom situations. Rather than suggest a "set of recipes" to be followed mechanically, the book gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics of teaching and learning.

Now updated with new research--the book that has changed millions of lives After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset--those who believe that abilities are fixed--are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset--those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

"As scholarly as [it] is . . . this book about education happens to double as an optimistic, even thrilling, summer read." --The New York Times A brilliant combination of science and its real-world application, Now You See It sheds light on one of the greatest problems of our historical moment: our schools and businesses are designed for the last century, not for a world in which technology has reshaped the way we think and learn. In this informed and optimistic work, Cathy N. Davidson takes us on a tour of the future of work and education, introducing us to visionaries whose groundbreaking ideas will soon affect every arena of our lives, from schools with curriculums built around video games to workplaces that use virtual environments to train employees.

Essential reading for online instructors, updated to cover new and emerging issues and technologies The Online Teaching Survival Guide provides a robust overview of theory-based techniques for teaching online or technology-enhanced courses. Covering all aspects of online teaching, this book reviews the latest research in cognitive processing and related learning outcomes while retaining a focus on the practical. A simple framework of instructional strategies mapped across a four-phase timeline provides a concrete starting point for both new online teachers and experienced teachers designing or revamping an online course.

The classic teaching toolbox, updated with new research and ideas Teaching at Its Best is the bestselling, research-based toolbox for college instructors at any level, in any higher education setting. Packed with practical guidance, proven techniques, and expert perspectives, this book helps instructors improve student learning both face-to-face and online. This new fourth edition features five new chapters on building critical thinking into course design, creating a welcoming classroom environment, helping students learn how to learn, giving and receiving feedback, and teaching in multiple modes, along with the latest research and new questions to facilitate faculty discussion. Topics include new coverage of the flipped classroom, cutting-edge technologies, self-regulated learning, the mental processes involved in learning and memory, and more, in the accessible format and easy-to-understand style that has made this book a much-valued resource among college faculty.

This book is a classroom-tested “tool kit” for faculty members who want to develop their teaching practice. The 35 articles are drawn from the pages of The Teaching Professor newsletter and are written by college faculty. They contain concrete pedagogical strategies that have been tested in the classrooms and form a handbook of classroom strategies.

Whether you're preparing to teach your first online course or seeking to upgrade your current offerings, this book is the go-to guide you've been looking for. Online faculty frequently work at some location other than their "home" campus, which can make it difficult for them to access the targeted collegial support and professional development it takes to truly flourish as educators. Teaching Strategies for the Online College Classroom helps bridge this gap. A collection of articles by leading distance education experts, this book is designed by and for busy college and university faculty. It combines real-world-tested tips and methodologies with a pedagogically sound perspective to help you take your online educational practices to the next level.

What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand.

Explores the process of creating open, student-centered discourse in your classes. Learn about different types of questions, responses, and follow-up moves that are associated with both open and closed discourse. Identify open and closed discourse opportunities by examining an entire unit of instruction, and by looking closely at three distinct types of discussions—framing, conceptual, and application. Learn specific discourse moves, the patterns of discussion, and the types of accountability strategies needed to construct each of these discussions.