A-Z Resources

Active Learning

• Active Learning for the College Classroom
• Learning by Doing

Assessment

Classroom Assessment

• 55 Digital Tools and Apps for Formative Assessment Success
• Classroom Assessment: Informal Means of Knowing if Your Students Learned What You Taught

Assessment Warehouse

Higher Education Outcomes Assessment

Case-based Teaching

Classroom Atmosphere & Learning Environments

• Building Student Engagement: Classroom Atmosphere
• Classroom Management
• Dealing with Difficult Behaviors
• Ten Things to Make the First Day Successful

Classroom Controversy

• Teaching Controversial Topics
• Difficult Dialogues
• Academic Controversy (NTLF Newsletter)

Collaborative Learning/ Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (white paper)

• Formed ‘team’ or ‘discussion groups’ to facilitate learning (IDEA Center Instruction Notes)
• Asked students to help each other understand ideas or concepts (IDEA Center Instruction Notes)

Collaborative Teaching/Team Teaching

Interdisciplinary Teaching: Designing for Success

Course Design

Preparing or Revising a Course

Critical Thinking

• The Critical Thinking Community
• Index of Articles
• Resources for Higher Education

• The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning
• Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets
• A Professional Development Model for Colleges and Universities that Fosters Critical Thinking
• Critical Thinking: Distinguishing Between Inert Information, Activated Ignorance, Activated Knowledge

Current Events

Why Teach Current Events

Discovery Learning

• The Discovery Learning Project
• Instruction Versus Exploration in Science Learning
• Bruner’s Constructivist Theory

Discussions

• Facilitating Classroom Discussions
• The Classroom Discussion Problem: Talkers and Listeners
• Engaging Students in Discussion Online
• Encouraging Class Discussion
• Suggestions for Leading Group Discussions
• Classroom Discussion Strategies

Disruptive Behavior

• Anticipating and Responding to Difficult Discussions and Classroom Incivility

Feedback

• Heeding Feedback
• Teaching Strategies: Feedback on Student Writing
• Grading Student Work

First Day of Class

• The First Day of Class
• Center for Teaching: First Day of Class
• First Day of Class – Dos and Don’ts
• The First Day of Class: Advice and Ideas
• The Most Important Day: Starting Well
• 101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class
• Ten Things to Make the First Day (and the Rest) of the Semester Successful
• Break the Ice
• Make the Most of the First Day of Class

First Year Teaching

Tomorrow’s Professor Mailing List (from Stanford)

Goals/Objectives/Outcomes

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Grading

• Characteristics of a Good Grading System
• Grade Inflation
• Grading Practices
• Testing & Grading
• Diagnosing and Responding to Student Writing
• Grading Student Work

Inquiry

• 10 Tips For Inquiry-Based Learning
• Inquiry-Based Learning (Written for K-12, but applicable to university settings)
• What Is a Good Inquiry Question?
• What is Unique about Inquiry?

International Student Support

Boise State’s International Student Services

Knowledge Surveys

• Karl Wirth: Knowledge Surveys
• Knowledge Survey Information
• Megan Frary’s White Paper on Knowledge Surveys

Large Classes

Large Classes: A Teaching Guide

Learner-Centered, Student-Centered Teaching/Classroom

• Balance of Power in the Classroom
• Overview of Learner-Centered Teaching
• Straws – A Learner-Centered Orientation
• Student-Centered Teaching and Learning

Learning Environments

• New Learning Environments for the 21st Century
• Psychology of Learning Environments

Learning Student Names

• Learning Names
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Honolulu Community College

Learning Styles

• How Students Learn vs. How We Teach
• Index of Learning Styles
• Learning Styles and Preferences
• Learning-Theories.com

Lecturing

• Eight Steps to Active Lecturing
• Suggestions for Effective Lecture Preparation and Delivery

Metacognition

• International Association for Metacognition
• What Is Metacognition?

Microteaching (PFF)

• Introduction to Microteaching

New Faculty

• Teaching Your First College Class: A Practical Guide for New Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors
• Advice to a New Faculty Member
• Resources for Faculty

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism.org
• Avoiding Plagiarism

Problem-based Learning

• Dan Tries Problem-Based Learning: A Case Study
• Problem-Based Learning: An Introduction
• But I Teach a Large Class…
• PBL Articles

Promotion and Tenure

Boise State Faculty Promotion Guidelines

Psychology of Learning

• How Learners Learn: What Teachers Need to Know to Be Effective
• The Psychology of Learning and the Art of Teaching
• How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
• Learning Theories: A Primer Exercise

Rubric Development

• Creating a Rubric for a Given Task (WebQuests)
• Developing Grading Rubrics
• Scoring Rubrics: What, When and How?
• RubiStar Rubric Generator
• Creating and Using Rubrics for Assessment 

Service-Learning

Service-Learning at Boise State University

Simulations & Games as Instructional Aids

• How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy
• What Would a State of the Art Instructional Video Game Look Like?
• Can Training Games Really Teach?

Scholarship of Teaching & Learning/Pedagogical Scholarship

• International Society For The Scholarship Of Teaching & Learning
• History of SoTL
• Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Making a Case for SoTL (Video)
• University of Central Florida – Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Student Response Systems/Clickers

• Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”)
• Agile Learning: Derek Bruff’s Blog on Teaching with Technology

Syllabus Construction

• Boise State Syllabus Template
• Creating a Syllabus
• Designing a Learning-Centered Syllabus
• Writing a Syllabus (IDEA Paper)

TAs (Teaching Assistants) Teaching Guide

• Teaching and Learning @UW – Guide for Teaching Assistants
• Advice from Undergraduates TAs

Teaching Philosophy Statements

• Teaching Philosophy & Statements
• Rubric for Evaluating Teaching Philosophy Statements

Teaching with TAs

• Teaching with TAs: Guidelines for Instructors Who Work with TAs
• Enhancing GTA Training in Academic Departments: Some Self-Assessment Guidelines
• Mentoring TAs: Going Beyond the Essentials

• Mentoring TAs: Guidelines for Departments

• Mentoring TAs: Guidelines for Instructors
• Working with Undergraduate TAs

Teaching with Technology

• 7 Things You Should Know About…
• Rethinking the Transition to Online Teaching and Learning
• Mobile Technology Users Group

Team-Based Learning

Formed ‘teams’ or ‘discussion groups’ to facilitate learning (IDEA Center Instruction Notes)

Test Design/Construction

• Test Item Bias Review
• Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams

Time Management

• Effective Use of Student Journal Writing
• Creating Meaningful Writing Assignments

Written and Oral Assignments

• Effective Use of Student Journal Writing
• Creating Meaningful Writing Assignments

Youth Outreach

• STEM: Outreach Tools for Youth