About Teaching

 

The specific resources and support we need are often based on our teaching experience, how new we are to a specific institution, or whether we are embarking on a new method of teaching.  The resources and links below, while not exhaustive, are designed to provide multiple paths toward the goal of effective, engaging, and enriching teaching.

 

TIPS  provides regular posts about teaching tips from University of Arkanasas Faculty

 

Designing Your First Week Getting Your Class Started

Write a Welcome a Letter Create Your Syllabus Tips for Learning Student's Names Making the Most of the First Day of Class

Designing Your Course with Objectives in Mind

Align Assessments with Objectives Improve Your Learning Objectives Write Student Learning Objectives Use Backward Design to Create Your Course Use Bloom's Taxonomy to Write Your Learning Objectives

Helping Your Students Engage with the Material

Use These Active Engagement Techniques Use the Jigsaw Technique to Encourage Peer Teaching  Employ Quick Write for Student Reflection Ask Students to "Translate That" and Restate Their Learning to Another Ask  Student to List the Top Three to Five Main Points Using a Lecture Wrapper Connect Students to Current Events Using a Contemporary issued Journal Encourage Reading with an Active Reading Document Have Students Share With Other Students What They Learned Put Students in Groups to Think-Pair-Share Use Active Learning Techniques Reciprocal Learning Strategy-Have Them Teach Each Other Ask Students to Write About Insights, Resources, and Applications  Keep Students Engaged (to include the back of the room) Have Students Create Mental Images When Reading Texts-Mind's Eye Strategy Use Discussion as a Way of Teaching  Manage Hot Moments in the Classroom

Assessing Your Students How to Tell If Your Students Are Learning

Create Grading and Performance Rubrics  Know Your Terms and When to Use: Holistic, Analytic, and Single-Point Rubrics

Helping Students Think About Their Learning

Assign a Post-Test Analysis Helps students  develop greater awareness of test preparing and test-taking skills.

Teaching for Inclusion

Read the Guide for Inclusive Teaching Stereotype Threat, How it Affects Us and What We Can Do About It -Video- Claude Steele

Overcoming Communication Apprehension Because Teachers Get Nervous Too

Overcome Communication Apprehension by Hacking Your Brain Overcome Communication Apprehension by Hacking Your Body

Getting the Technology Support You Need

Help with Technology: Teaching Innovation and Pedagogical Support Team at the University of Arkansas

Attending Teaching Conferences

Lily Conferences: Evidence Based Teaching and Learning The Teaching Professor Conference