Checkout Materials
Available in ACR 102, Faculty Support Office:
The Best of "The Teaching Professor" (collection of articles). This 129-page collection contains chapters on:
- The Learner-Centered Classroom
- Metaphors
- Classroom Activities
- Lectures
- Group Work
- Discussions
- Writing
- Technology
- Critical Thinking
- Grading
- Motivation
- Student Work Beyond the Classroom
- Student Ranking of Teachers
- Reconfiguring the Privacy of Teaching
- Scholarship of Teaching
From The Foundation for Critical Thinking (Booklets)
- Analytic Thinking (How to Take Thinking Apart and What to Look for When You Do)
- The Art of Socratic Questioning
- Asking Essential Questions
- Critical Thinking Competency Standards
- Educational Fads
- Fallacies (The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation)
- How to Detect Media Bias and Propanda (In National and World News)
- How to Improve Student Learning (30 Practical Ideas)
- How to Read a Paragraph (The Art of Close Reading)
- How to Write a Paragraph (The Art of Substantive Writing)
- Taking Charge of the Human Mind
- Educational Fads
From The Professor in the Classroom (two-page articles)
- Always Keep Reaching Out
- Are Your Assumptions About Students Holding Them Back?
- Avoid Six Common Counseling Mistakes
- Avoid the Biggest Missteps in Persuasion
- Awakening the Creativity in Students
- Be a Turnaround Specialist
- Begin Your Instruction With the End in Mind
- Being Predictable Can Help You
- Break It Down to Increase Student Learning
- Capitalize On the Energy of Enthusiasm
- Characteristics of Professors Who Succeed With All Students
- Charisma: Every Professor Can Have It
- Clearning Up the Concerns Caused By Student Objections
- Conquering Common Communication Mistakes
- Creating Lessons That Work Every Time
- Design Questions to Get the Learning You Seek
- Don't Overlook the Instructional Power of Fantasy
- The Do's and Don'ts of Positive Reinforcement
- Effective Instruction Requires Helping Students to Think Clearly
- Eight Professor Traits That Produce Results
- Face-to-Face Communication Skills That Work
- Five Facets of Feedback That Improve Student Achievement
- Five Learning Dangers of Competition in the Classroom
- Five Techniques for Helping Students Stretch for Goals
- Five Ways to Replenish Your Patience
- The Four C's of Assessment
- Four Professor Powers and How to Use Them
- The Four Vs of Presenting Lessons that Produce Results (Visual, Voice, verbal, and variation)
- From Knowledge...to Experience...to Wisdom
- Help Students Give Up Three Phrases
- Helping Struggling Students Become Skilled Learners
- Helping Students and Giving Advice Require Follow-up
- How to Check Comprehension as You Teach
- How to Generate Cooperation Without Hounding
- How to Know What Students Have Really Learned
- How to Prepare for Difficult Conversations
- How You Set the Stage Does Count
- If You Really Want to Teach So Students Remember
- The Impact of Professor Beliefs on Student Learning
- Instructional Behaviors That Increase Student Achievement
- Instructional Secrets That Increase Student Learning
- Keep Passion in your Teaching
- The Listening Habits of Professors That Students Hate
- The Most Powerful Statement You Can Make to Students
- Nine Research-Based Instructional Practices That Work
- Nine Techniques for Using Assessment to Improve Learning
- The Paramount Importance of Sequence to Instructional Success
- A Powerful Formula for High-Performance Learning
- Praise: A Vital Instructional Tool
- Professor Actions That Derail Academic Motivation
- Professor Behaviors That Hurt Students
- Reflection: A Practice of Top Professors
- Relationships Always Come First
- Seven Crucial Steps To Differentiate Your Teaching
- Seven Habits That Keep You From Truly Hearing Students
- Seven Strategies Can Help You Influence Students
- Six Actions for Correcting Students Effectively
- Six Essentials for Creating a Positive Classroom
- Six Powerful Behaviors Practiced by Master Teachers
- Six Techniques to Get Students to Open Up
- Six Types of Stories to Enhance Instructional and Counseling Effectiveness
- Sixty-Second Counseling Sessions Pay Off
- Specific Actions That Help Students Accept Correction
- Students Won't Risk Losing An Advocate
- Sure Signs You're a Student-Centered Professor
- Tapping the Power of Hope
- Techniques to Keep Everyone Thinking When You Ask Questions
- Techniques to Keep the Class Positive and Upbeat
- The Power of Students Teaching Students
- Times When You Shouldn't Mentor a Student
- Three Actions to Consider Before Giving Final Grades
- Understanding the Many Faces of Respect in the Classroom
- Using Recognition to Increase Student Achievement
- Verbal Habits That Undermine Your Image
- Ways to Turn Student Mistakes into Learning Lessons
- What You Must Know to Keep Students Plugged In
- When Students Come to You for Help
- Where There Is Talk, There Is Hope
- Words That Make Teaching Tougher
- You Can Counter Grade Grubbing
- You Can Help Disroganized Students Get Organized
- You Can Talk Past Being Influential
- You Don't Teach a Class
- You Must Approach the Can'ts, the Don'ts, and the Won'ts
- You'll Enhance Learning If Students Know You Listen
- Your Major Mission on the First Day
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