The Teaching Tips listed here have been taken from the monthly newsletter of the Educators Academy, Faculty Matters. We hope that these topics will assist you in your role as teaching faculty.
Active Strategies
- Activating Prior Knowledge
- Amplify Student Learning with the ANSWER
- Helping Students Engage in Class Discussion
- Is the Lecture Dead?
- Structuring Class Discussions
- Substitute CATS for Vague Questions
- The Eight-Minute Lecture Keeps Students Engaged
- The Interactive Lecture
- Three Evidence-Based Approaches for Small Group Work
- Using Cumulative Strategies to Help Students Retain Content – Part 1
- Using Cumulative Strategies to Help Students Retain Content – Part 2
- Ways We Turn Classroom Discussion into True Student Engagement
Classroom Management
- Encourage Students to Come to Class Prepared
- What are some “Best Practices” for the First Day of Class?
Enhancing Learning
- A Systematic Approach to Supporting Diverse Learners
- Are You More Concerned about Learning than your Students?
- Can Grading Policies Enhance Learning?
- Enhancing Collaborative Learning
- Four Approaches to Deepen Student Learning
- Help Students Learn
- Help Students Think About Learning Instead of Grades
- Help Students Help Themselves
Feedback & Assessment
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Types of Questions
- Balanced Feedback
- Self-Assessment
- Students Identify Teacher Characteristics and Behaviors that Help
- Quizzes that Expand Engagement with Course Content
- Zest, Grit and Sweat
Online Teaching
Teaching Improvement
- Documenting Teaching and Improvement
- Improving Your Teaching
- Take Time to Refresh and Recharge
- Why Are We So Slow to Change the Way We Teach?