Most Popular Resources in "Teaching"
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The Learning Revolution
- " Representing a bold and spirited departure from traditional teaching/learning organizations, the Learning Revolution International (LRI) is dedicated to changing the way the world learns. LRI utilizes advanced teaching methods to address multiple intelligences and sensory faculties, based on the latest brain and neuroscience research. "
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Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
- POGIL is a classroom and laboratory technique that seeks to simultaneously teach content and key process skills such as the ability to think analytically and work effectively as part of a collaborative team.
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A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching With Excellence
- The distilled wisdom of recipients of Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Learning Styles
- by R. M. Felder. " The idea is not to teach each student exclusively according to his or her preferences, but rather to strive for a balance of instructional methods. If the balance is achieved, students will be taught partly in a manner they prefer, which leads to an increased comfort level and willingness to learn, and partly in a less preferred manner, which provides practice and feedback in ways of thinking and solving problems which they may not initially be comfortable with but which they will have to use to be fully effective professionals. "
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Richard Feynman on Teaching: The Dignified Professor
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in Teaching" I would never accept any position in which somebody has invented a happy situation for me where I don't have to teach. Never. "
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Active and Cooperative Learning
- Papers by R.M. Felder. The traditional teacher-centered approach to learning " has repeatedly been found inferior to instruction that involves active learning, in which students solve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class, and cooperative learning, in which students work in teams on problems and projects under conditions that assure both positive interdependence and individual accountability. "
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ChemConnections
- These 2-4-week modules start with relevant real-world questions and develop the chemistry needed to answer them. In the process, students model how chemistry is actually done and discover connections between chemistry and other sciences, technology, and society. In order to develop critical thinking skills as well as cover chemical content, modules feature student-centered active and collaborative classroom activities and inquiry-based laboratory and media projects, rather than relying primarily on traditional lectures and verification laboratories. This approach is based on research showing that students learn best when they build on past experience, relate what they are learning to things that are relevant to them, have direct "hands-on" experience, construct their own knowledge in collaboration with other students and faculty, and communicate their results effectively.
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The Reinvention Center
- The Reinvention Center is a national center focusing on undergraduate education at research universities.
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Eric Mazur's Science Education Page
- ConcepTests and Peer Instruction. One of the most interesting approaches to science education.
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Innovative Teaching Exchange
- An exchange that allows people teaching mathematics at the college level to share new methods they have tried, invented, or discovered, which they feel help the students learn better and/or more easily. The intention is to encourage more experimentation with more methods than the traditional lecture/questions method.
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100 Tips for College Science Educators
- Teaching tips and innovations from Brown University's science and engineering faculty.
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BIODIDAC
- A collection of images to teach zoology, botany, histology and human biology. Free for educational non-profit purposes.
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TA's as the Key to Science Teaching
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in Teaching"In 1997, Elaine Seymour was one of the authors of Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (Westview). She found that a reason cited by student after student at a range of institutions was poor teaching. And at many institutions, teaching assistants were a major part of the problem."
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Just in Time Teaching
- Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT for short) is a teaching and learning strategy based on the interaction between web-based study assignments and an active learner classroom. Students respond electronically to carefully constructed web-based assignments which are due shortly before class, and the instructor reads the student submissions "just-in-time" to adjust the classroom lesson to suit the students' needs. Thus, the heart of JiTT is the "feedback loop" formed by the students' outside-of-class preparation that fundamentally affects what happens during the subsequent in-class time together.
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Peer-led Team Learning
- The PLTL Workshop model engages teams of six to eight students in learning sciences, mathematics and other undergraduate disciplines guided by a peer leader. The PLTL Workshop model: provides an active learning experience for students, creates a leadership role for undergraduates, and engages faculty in a creative new dimension of instruction.
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Fear 101
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in Teachingby Elizabeth Bobrick, Salon , September 1, 1999. " Seasonal teaching anxiety reduces the most experienced professors to raw nerves and nightmares. "
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calculus@internet
- Resources for teaching calculus, linear algebra, and ODE's.
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Student Assessment of Learning Gains
- This free site is designed for instructors of all disciplines who would like feedback from their students about how the course elements are helping their students to learn. It is offered as a service to the college-level teaching community.
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Reforming The Teaching Of Mathematics At The Undergraduate Level
- An interesting experiment at the University of Waterloo in which an undergraduate taught an undergraduate mathematics course.
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Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
- This program allows you to dissect an virtual frog. No mess, no smell of formaldehyde, just pure frog innards. You can even make movies. Very cool.
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Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
- The FLAG offers broadly applicable, self-contained modular classroom assessment techniques and discipline-specific tools for SMET instructors interested in new approaches to evaluating student learning, attitudes and performance. Each has been developed, tested and refined in real colleges and universities classrooms.
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Macrogalleria
- Site dedicated to polymers: in the real world, their chemistry and properties, how they are used and what they are made of. Sub-sections (being expanded) offer demos and experiments, and " activities " that use the information available in this expanding resource. Feedback, comments and especially contributions are welcome!
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The Irascible Professor
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in TeachingIrreverent commentary about the state of education in America today, by a veteran of more than 30 years in public higher education.
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Richard Felder's Resources in Engineering and Science Education
- An interesting collection of articles on teaching and learning styles.
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Explore Space Control Center
- An educational resource to astronomy and space.
