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Academics
- Academics
- Building an Educational Experience
- Resources for Learning
- Distribution Requirements
- Research Centers and Programs
- Student Fellowships and Research
More information:
Teaching Links
- Teaching Goals Inventory.
- New Faculty Survival Guide from St. Lawrence University (much of Part I applies to Bowdoin).
Assessment
- FLAG Site for math and science assessment.
- "Quizzes, Tests, and Exams" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
Motivation
- "Capturing and Directing the Motivation to Learn" from Speaking of Teaching, Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching.
- "Motivating Students" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
Syllabus Design
- "Designing and Teaching a Course" from Speaking of Teaching, Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching.
- "Creating a Syllabus" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
- "Preparing or Revising a Course" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
- "Creating an Effective Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach" from Brigham Young University's Faculty Center on-line resource.
First Day of Class
- First Day Tools from the Univeristy of Washington's Center for Instructional Development and Research.
- Questionaire for the first day of class from Brown University.
- "The First Day of Class" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
Discussion and Group Work
- "Working in Groups" from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
- "Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom" from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
- "Discussing Discussion" from The Teaching Exchange, Brown University.
- " Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
Diversity
- "Teaching in Racially Diverse College Classrooms" from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
- Asian name pronunciation guide from Cal Poly Pomona.
- "Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender" from Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching.
Catalogues of teaching-issues
- Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching.
- A ListServ archive of essays on teaching issues from the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning.
- The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT);
- The University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching;
- The University of Washington's Center for Instructional Development and Research.
A variety of teaching tips
- Brown University's Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning;
- The University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching;
- Syracuse University's Center for Support of Teaching and Learning;
- UC Berkeley;
- Starting Point (designed for geology teachers but the methods are universal);
- Honolulu Community College;
- Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning;
- University of Oklahoma's Instructional Development Program;
Some useful books
- Science teaching reconsidered : a handbook / [prepared by the Committee on Undergraduate Science Education];
- Boice, Robert, 2000. Advice for new faculty members: nihil nimus, Allyn & Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School John D. Bransford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, Editors; Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, National Research Council;
- McKeachie, W.J., Hofer, B. K., 2001. McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, Houghton Mifflin company, Boston.
- Menges, Robert J., 1999. Faculty in New Jobs: A guide to becoming established, and building institutional support, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 338pp.