Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors

Linda B. Nilson

John Wiley & Sons, Apr 20, 2010 - Education - 400 pages

Teaching at Its Best

This third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately. This thoroughly revised edition includes the newest portrait of the Millennial student; current research from cognitive psychology; a focus on outcomes maps; the latest legal options on copyright issues; and how to best use new technology including wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and clickers. Entirely new chapters include subjects such as matching teaching methods with learning outcomes, inquiry-guided learning, and using visuals to teach, and new sections address Felder and Silverman's Index of Learning Styles, SCALE-UP classrooms, multiple true-false test items, and much more.

Praise for the Third Edition of Teaching at Its BestEveryone veterans as well as novices will profit from reading Teaching at Its Best, for it provides both theory and practical suggestions for handling all of the problems one encounters in teaching classes varying in size, ability, and motivation." Wilbert McKeachie, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching TipsThis new edition of Dr. Nilson's book, with its completely updated material and several new topics, is an even more powerful collection of ideas and tools than the last. What a great resource, especially for beginning teachers but also for us veterans!" L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning ExperiencesThis third edition of Teaching at Its Best is successful at weaving the latest research on teaching and learning into what was already a thorough exploration of each topic. New information on how we learn, how students develop, and innovations in instructional strategies complement the solid foundation established in the first two editions." Marilla D. Svinicki, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching Tips

Contents

• Regular Meetings: 6
• Understanding Your Students and How The Online Living Syllabus: 36
• Getting to Know: 51
• Preventing and Responding to Classroom 12 Making the Lecture a Learning: 113
• Preserving Academic Integrity 83: 125
• Making the Most of Office Hours 89 14 Questioning Techniques for Discussion: 137
• StudentActive Tutoring Typologies of Good Discussion Questions: 144
• Experiential Learning Activities: 145
• Learning in Groups: 155
• WritingtoLearn Activities: 167
• ProblemBased Learning: 187
• Quantitative Reasoning and Problem: 193
• Getting Students to Do the Readings: 211
• Teaching Your Students to Think: 223
• Accommodating Different Learning: 229
• Using Visuals to Teach: 239
• 29: 253
• Part: 271
• Formative Feedback: 277
• Essay: 290
• AnxietyReduction Measures: 298
• Grading Constructed Responses: 304
• Grading Lab Reports: 309
• Evaluating and Documenting Teaching: 315
• at Your Institution: 329
• References: 335
• Index: 367

About the author

The Author

Linda B. Nilson is the founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. She is the author of The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course from Jossey-Bass.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
• Author: Linda B. Nilson
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010
• ISBN: 0470612363, 9780470612361
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Education / General; Education / Teaching / General