How to Teach

Last Update: 20 August 2009

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  1. UB Teaching and Learning Center

  2. TA Orientation — Fall 2007 (Powerpoint)

  3. CSE Graduate Handbook: Assistantships—General Information

  4. Generic Recitation-Section Lesson Plan

  5. Rapaport, William J. (2006) "Advice for (New) TAs" [Powerpoint]

  6. Rapaport, William J. (2006), "How I Grade"

  7. Rapaport, William J. (2006), William Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development"

  8. Althen, Gary (1988), "Manual for Foreign Teaching Assistants".

  9. Case, Bettye Anne (ed.) (1989), Keys to Improved Instruction by Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors, MAA Notes No. 11 (Mathematical Association of America); ISBN 0-88385-061-3.

    1. Out of print, but Rapaport has a copy somewhere:-)

    2. Available for purchase (25 Aug 2006) at: alibris.com, barnesandnoble.com, Biblio.com, etc.

    3. Some of it is online at:

      1. Columbia University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Manual

      2. Cohen, Robby; & Robin, Ron (eds.) (1985), "Teaching at Berkeley: A Guide for Foreign Teaching Assistants", from Case 1989.

      3. Reznick, Bruce A. (1985), "Chalking It Up: Advice to a New TA", from Case 1989.

  10. Expectations that TAs (should) have of the faculty that they work for.

  11. University of Iowa Teaching Resources

  12. Speaking of Teaching: Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching

  13. Arras, John D. (2006, March 24), "It's a Simple Game: A professor reduces his teaching life to a few bullet points" , Chronicle of Higher Eduation, p.C3.

  14. Brookfield, Stephen D.; & Preskill, Stephen (2005), "Keeping Discussion Going through Questioning, Listening, and Responding", Discussion as a Way of Teaching (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley), Ch.5.

  15. Brown, Ron (2006), "Five Short Stories on Teaching", Tomorrow's Professor #693 (Jan. 27).

  16. Bugeja, Michael J. (2007), "Distractions in the Wireless Classroom", Chronicle of Higher Education (26 January): C1,C4.

  17. Cushman, Thomas (2007), "Hemlock Available in the Faculty Lounge", Chronicle of Higher Education (16 March): B16.

  18. Grafton, Anthony (2006), "The Nutty Professors: The History of Academic Charisma", The New Yorker (23 October): 82-87.

  19. Hummel, Rolf E. (2005), "Contemplations after Forty Years of Teaching", University of Florida Pedagogator 3(13) (July/Aug).

  20. Lang, James M. (2006), "Shaking Things Up", Chronicle of Higher Education (3 November): C2-C3.

  21. Lang, James M. (2007), "Did You Learn Anything?", Chronicle of Higher Education (9 March): C1,C4.

  22. Lang, James M. (2007), "Classroom Transparency", Chronicle of Higher Education (6 April): C2-C3.

  23. Lang, James M. (2007), "Perfecting Your Vocal Technique", Chronicle of Higher Education (4 May): C2-C3.

  24. Lang, James M. (2007), "Finding a Light", Chronicle of Higher Education (21 September): C2-C3.

  25. Leavitt, Melissa C. (2006), "Team Teaching: Benefits and Challenges"

  26. Loui, Michael C. (2003), "A Selected Bibliography on College and University Teaching"

  27. Singham, Mano (2004), "Talkers and Listeners", National Teaching and Learning Forum Newsletter 13(2).

  28. Meacham, Jack (2006), "Questioning the Best Learning Technology", Peer Review 8(4) (Fall).

  29. Mosteller, Frederick (1980), "Classroom and Platform Performance", American Statistician 34(1): 11-17.

  30. Wankat, Phillip; & Oreovicz, Frank (2006), "Activity Breaks: A Push for Participation", ASEE Prism 15(5; January).

  31. Pai, Aditi, "Adapting to the American Classroom: Evolution of an International Teaching Assistant", Teaching and Learning (UB Center for Teaching and Learning Resources) 3(1): 3-5.

  32. Faculty/TA Teaching Teams, Tomorrow's Professor #854

  33. Description of an Online Tutorial for Designing Effective and Innovative Courses, Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#874 (Stanford University)

  34. Doyle, Terry (2008):

    NEA Higher Education Advocate 26(1) (October): 5-8.

  35. Patterson, David (2009), "Your Students Are Your Legacy", Communications of the ACM 52(3) (March): 30-33.

  36. Ullman, Jeffrey D. (2009), "Advising Students for Success", Communications of the ACM 52(3) (March): 34-37.

  37. Vicens, Quentin; & Bourne, Philip E. (2009), "Ten Simple Rules to Combine Teaching and Research", Tomorrow's Professor Msg. 948.

  38. NEW Huston, Therese (2009), "How to Teach What You Don't Actually Know", Chronicle of Higher Education 55(42) (24 July): A25–A26.





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