Academic Honesty
    Active/Cooperative Learning
    Case Teaching
    Classroom Assessment
    Civility
    Copyright/Fair Use
    Course and Class Planning
    Discussions - Face-to-Face
    Discussions - Online
    Diversity
    First Day of Class
    Grading
    Group Collaboration/Small Groups
    Intellectual Property
    Large Classes
    Learning Students' Names
    Lecturing
    Links for Students
    Long Classes
    New Instructors
    PowerPoint
    Teaching Portfolios
    Teaching Using Technology
    Testing
    TV Shows/Videos
    Teaching & Technology Online
    Teaching & Technology In Print

DISCUSSIONS - FACE-TO-FACE

Discussions: Online and Face-to-Face.
Faculty Forum workshop, November 18, 2003.
http://www.stern.nyu.edu/Faculty/citl/articles/docs/
notes_discussions_11-18-03.pdf

Getting Students involved in the Classroom
Bergquist, W.H. & Phillips, S.R. (1975). A Handbook for Faculty Development. Cornell University.
http://www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/teach/faculty/Materials/
GettingStsInvolved.pdf

A classic outline of the variables that affect student participation.

http://www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/teach/faculty/Materials/
ClassroomStructures.pdf

A matrix describing classroom structures which encourage student participation.

Frequently Asked Questions about Discussion
Indiana University (2001)
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eteaching/faqdisc.html

How to Get Students to Talk in Class
Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/web/
get_students_talking.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/PDF/
get_students_talking.pdf

Encouraging Class Discussion
Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley.
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/sectionlists/
sect10.html

How Do I Generate a Good Class Discussion?
Kenneth R. Bain, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University (1996)
http://president.scfte.nwu.edu/serv_online.html#G_D

Designing Effective Questions
Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/web/
asking_questions.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/PDF/
Master_effective_questions.pdf

Asking Thoughtful Questions
Tom Drummond, North Seattle Community College (2001)
http://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/eceprog/bestprac.html

Characteristics of Effective Listening
Bergquist, W.H. & Phillips, S.R. (1975). A Handbook for Faculty Development.
Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/web/SU/
effective_listening.html

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Handouts/PDF/SU/
effective_listening.pdf

Checklist for Effective Discussion Leading
Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/teach/handbook/
chklsteffdis.html

 

>> See also: Active/Cooperative Learning