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Teaching first-year college students / Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters, Diane Weltner Strommer.
Record details
- ISBN: 0787964395 (cloth)
- ISBN: 9780787964399
- Physical Description: xx, 284 p. ; 28 cm.
- Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Rev. ed. of: Teaching college freshmen. 1991.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- First-year students in perspective -- Intellectual development in college -- Learning styles -- Knowing, understanding, thinking, and learning how to learn : the goals of first-year instruction -- Preparing a syllabus and meeting the first class -- Presenting and explaining -- Creating involvement in the classroom -- Encouraging active reading -- Supporting active study practices -- Trying transformed teaching -- Evaluating student learning -- Grading -- Creating inclusion in first-year classroom and curricula -- Teaching large classes -- Sustaining engagement outside class : office hours, advising, and first-year seminars -- Strengthening commitment to first-year instruction.
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- College teaching > United States.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | LB 2331 E76 2006 (Text) | 26040003067846 | Teaching & Learning | Volume hold | Available | - |
Bette LaSere Erickson is director of the Instructional Development Program at the University of Rhode Island. She was a founding member and former executive director of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network.
Calvin B. Peters is professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. He was co-principal investigator of the university's Multicultural Center Faculty Fellows Program.
Diane Weltner Strommer is an accreditation adviser to international institutions of higher education in Europe and the Middle East. She is dean emerita of University College and Special Academic Programs at the University of Rhode Island.