McKeachie's teaching tips : strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers / Marilla Svinicki and Wilbert J. McKeachie ; with chapters by David Nicol

Introduction. -- Countdown for course preparation. -- Meeting a class for the first time. -- Reading as active learning. -- Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning. -- How to make lectures more effective. -- Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function. -- Testing : the details -- Good designs for written feedback for students. -- The ABCs of assigning grades. -- Motivation in the college classroom. -- Teaching culturally diverse students. -- Dealing with student problems and problem students (there's almost always at least one!). -- Active learning : group-based learning. -- Experiential learning : case-based, problem-based, and reality-based. -- Using high-stakes and low-stakes writing to enhance learning. -- Technology and teaching. -- Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!). -- Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience. -- Teaching students how to become more strategic and self-regulated learners. -- Teaching thinking. -- The ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics. -- Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.