TY - BOOK AU - Svinicki,Marilla D. AU - McKeachie,Wilbert James AU - McKeachie,Wilbert James TI - McKeachie's teaching tips: strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers SN - 0495812340 (paperback) AV - LB2331 .M394 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Wadsworth, Cengage Learning KW - College teaching KW - First year teachers KW - Teaching N1 - Rev. ed. of: McKeachie's teaching tips / Wilbert J. McKeachie. c2006; Author's names reversed on previous edition; Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-373) and index; Introduction -- Countdown for course preparation -- Meeting a class for the first time -- Reading as active learning -- Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning -- How to make lectures more effective -- Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function -- Testing : the details -- Good designs for written feedback for students -- The ABCs of assigning grades -- Motivation in the college classroom -- Teaching culturally diverse students -- Dealing with student problems and problem students (there's almost always at least one!) -- Active learning : group-based learning -- Experiential learning : case-based, problem-based, and reality-based -- Using high-stakes and low-stakes writing to enhance learning -- Technology and teaching -- Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!) -- Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience -- Teaching students how to become more strategic and self-regulated learners -- Teaching thinking -- The ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics -- Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career ER -