Teaching Effectively

Here you will find links to online resources (articles, websites, etc.) related to effective teaching in any delivery mode (face-to-face, online, blended). If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact Chad McLane (mclane@nsuok.edu, x5854) and she will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

 

Topics covered on this page include:

• Classroom Management
  • Dealing with Difficulty/Disruptive Students
  • Large Classes
• Learning Environments
• Motivating & Engaging Learners
• Retention
• Service Learning
• Teaching and Learning Techniques
  • Active Learning
  • Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
  • Teaching Critical Thinking
  • Effective Lectures
  • Problem-Based Learning
  • Universal Design for Learning
  • Technology Use

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Classroom Management

Dealing with Difficult/Disruptive Students

• Effective Ways of Dealing with Disruptive Students
• NSU's Policy on Response to Disruptive or Threatening Situations
• Article: College Students' Perceptions of Treatment Acceptability of How College Professors Deal with Disruptive Talking in the Classroom
• Article: Professors - Strategically Manage Your College Courses - Dealing with Disruptive Students
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Large Classes

• Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes

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Learning Environments

• Learning Spaces by Jeff Johnston, Vanderbilt University
• Collaborative Facilities

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Motivating & Engaging Learners

• Article: Motivating Students
• Article: Five Key Ingredients for Improving Student Motivation
• Article: Motivating Students to Engage in Learning: The MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation
• Report: Engaging and Re-engaging Students in Learning at School

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Retention

• Center for the Study of College Student Retention
• Article: Is Retention Improvement Within Colleges' Reach? - Inside Higher Ed
• Article: Unexpected First Generation Path - Inside Higher Ed

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Service Learning

• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - Americans Most Comprehensive Service-Learning Resource

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Teaching & Learning Techniques

 

Active Learning

• What is Active Learning?
• Article: Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research
• Project Adventure: Advancing Active Learning

Collaborative/Cooperative Learning

• Article: Cooperative Learning
• Article: Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies
• Article: Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
• Article: Creating an Environment for Collaborative Learning
• The Center for Peer-led Team Learning
• Collaborative Learning: Small Group Learning Page - National Institute for Science Education

Critical Thinking

• The Critical Thinking Community
  • Defining Critical Thinking
  • A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking
  • Higher Education
• Article: Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking in Higher Education
• Article: Beyond Critical Thinking
• Article: Helping Students Think about Thinking by Wiley
• Article: Critical Thinking in the Curriculum - Donald Lazere
• Article: Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin

Effective Lectures

• PowerPoint in the Classroom
• Effective Lecture Techniques - DePaul Teaching Commons
• Delivering Lectures
• Report: Lecturing

Problem-Based Learning

• Problem-Based Learning at the University of Delaware
• David A. Kolb on Experiential Learning
• Study Guides and Strategies: Problem-based Learning
• Use Simulations to Help Students Learn
• Report: Simulation Uses in Education

Socratic Method

• Socratic Method Research Portal
• The Socratic Method: Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

• About UDL
• National Center on Universal Design for Learning
• UDL Guidelines - Version 2.0
• Key Principles of Universal Design for Learning

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Technology Use

• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Technology
• Technology4teachers
• Academic Technology in Higher Education
• Article: Impact of Determinants on Student Performance towards Information Communication Technology in Higher Education

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