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| Vol. 1 No. 1 |
Reforming Undergraduate Education One Class at a Time |
| Vol. 1 No. 2 |
Critical Thinking by Design |
| Vol. 1 No. 3 |
If Learning Involves Risk-taking, Teaching Involves Trust-building |
| Vol. 1 No. 4 |
The Challenge of Teaching the Introductory-level Course |
| Vol. 1 No. 5 |
Why Professors Don’t Change |
| Vol. 1 No. 6 |
The Meaning of College Grades |
| Vol. 1 No. 7 |
Teaching in Action: Criteria for Effective Practice |
| Vol. 1 No. 8 |
Rethinking What It Means to be a Scholar |
| Vol. 2 No. 1 |
Forward to Aristotle: Teaching as the highest form of understanding, |
| Vol. 2 No. 2 |
Countering Common Misbeliefs about Student Evaluation of Teaching |
| Vol. 2 No. 3 |
Collaborative Learning: Reframing the Classroom |
| Vol. 2 No. 4 |
Impediments to Teaching a Culturally Diverse Undergraduate Population |
| Vol. 2 No. 5 |
Course Tests: Integral Features of Instruction |
| Vol. 2 No. 6 |
Teaching: Beliefs and Behaviors |
| Vol. 2 No. 7 |
Spectators and Gladiators: Reconnecting the Students with the Problem |
| Vol. 2 No. 8 |
So Much Content, So Little Time |
| Vol. 3 No. 1 |
Building Confidence and Community in the Classroom |
| Vol. 3 No. 2 |
The Teaching Portfolio |
| Vol. 3 No. 3 |
Good Teaching: A Matter of Living the Mystery |
| Vol. 3 No. 4 |
Tales told out of school: Women’s reflections on their undergraduate experience |
| Vol. 3 No. 5 |
Whatever Happened to THE Faculty? |
| Vol. 3 No. 6 |
Academic Culture: The Hidden Curriculum |
| Vol. 3 No. 7 |
The Market for Teaching Scholars |
| Vol. 3 No. 8 |
Making Sense (and use) of Written Student Comments |
| Vol. 4 No. 1 |
Power in College Teaching |
| Vol. 4 No. 2 |
Competence is what you do when you make a mistake |
| Vol. 4 No. 3 |
Risky Business: Making active learning a reality |
| Vol. 4 No. 4 |
Ten Qualities of Self-Renewing Faculty |
| Vol. 4 No. 5 |
But How Do We Get Them to Think? |
| Vol. 4 No. 6 |
Disciplinary Cultures and General Education: What can we learn from our learners? |
| Vol. 4 No. 7 |
The Four Cultures of the Academy |
| Vol. 4 No. 8 |
Teaching for Cognitive Growth |
| Vol. 5 No. 1 |
Teaching Controversial Issues |
| Vol. 5 No. 2 |
Learning a Lot vs. Looking Good: A Source of Anxiety for Students |
| Vol. 5 No. 3 |
Changing Priorities in Higher Education: Promotion and Tenure |
| Vol. 5 No. 4 |
What they don’t know can hurt them: The role of prior knowledge in learning |
| Vol. 5 No. 5 |
“If You Can Fake That...” A Reflection on the Morality of Teaching |
| Vol. 5 No. 6 |
Of Gurus, Gatekeepers, and Guides: Metaphors of College Teaching |
| Vol. 5 No. 7 |
Teaching Goals, Assessment, Academic Freedom and Higher Learning |
| Vol. 5 No. 8 |
The Why of Teacher/Student Relationships |
| Vol. 6 No. 1 |
Mentorship in the classroom: Making the implicit explicit |
| Vol. 6 No. 2 |
What did I do right in one freshman seminar? What did I do wrong in another? What will I do next time? |
| Vol. 6 No. 3 |
In the Name of the Student... |
| Vol. 6 No. 4 |
I’d like to use essay tests, but... |
| Vol. 6 No. 5 |
Mistakes and Other Classroom Techniques |
| Vol. 6 No. 6 |
Emerging Trends in College Teaching for the 21st Century |
| Vol. 6 No. 7 |
Helping First-Year Students Study, Part I |
| Vol. 6 No. 8 |
Helping First-Year Students Study, Part II |
| Vol. 7 No. 1 |
Active Learning Beyond the Classroom |
| Vol. 7 No. 2 |
Transactional Analysis of the Creative Process |
| Vol. 7 No. 3 |
Honoring the Process for Honoring Teaching |
| Vol. 7 No. 4 |
Integrating Research and Undergraduate Teaching |
| Vol. 7 No. 5 |
Teaching With Style: The Integration of Teaching and Learning Styles in the Classroom |
| Vol. 7 No. 6 |
Never in a Class by Themselves: An Examination of Behaviors Affecting the Student-Professor Relationship |
| Vol. 7 No. 7 |
Attacking Ideas, Not People: Using Structured Controversy in the College Classroom |
| Vol. 7 No. 8 |
Students’ Reactions To Performance-Based Versus Traditional Objective Assessment |
| Vol. 8 No. 1 |
Leading the Seminar: Graduate and Undergraduate |
| Vol. 8 No. 2 |
Challenges in Using Technology for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education |
| Vol. 8 No. 3 |
Metaphors We Teach By: Understanding Ourselves as Teachers and Learners |
| Vol. 8 No. 4 |
Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in the Classroom–and Beyond |
| Vol. 8 No. 5 |
The Phenomenon of Large Classes and Practical Suggestions for Teaching Them |
| Vol. 8 No. 6 |
Deconstructing Bias and Reconstructing Equitable Classrooms |
| Vol. 8 No. 7 |
Teaching and Values: What Values Will We Take into the 21st Century? |
| Vol. 8 No. 8 |
The American Professoriate in Transition |
| Vol. 9 No. 1 |
Relating Student Experience to Courses and the Curriculum |
| Vol. 9 No. 2 |
The Critical Match Between Motivation to Learn and Motivation to Teach |
| Vol. 9 No. 3 |
Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement |
| Vol. 9 No. 4 |
Writing to Learn |
| Vol. 9 No. 5 |
Three Keys to Using Learning Groups Effectively |
| Vol. 9 No. 6 |
Adding On-line Computer Methods to Your Repertoire of Teaching Strategies |
| Vol. 9 No. 7 |
Problem-based Learning: Preparing Students to Succeed in the 21st Century |
| Vol. 9 No. 8 |
Academic Civility Begins in the Classroom |
| Vol. 10 No. 1 |
The Uses of Uncertainty in the College Classroom |
| Vol. 10 No. 2 |
Class in the Classroom |
| Vol. 10 No. 3 |
Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning |
| Vol. 10 No. 4 |
Listening in the Classroom: A Two-Way Street |
| Vol. 10 No. 5 |
Learning Outside the Box: Making Connections between Co-Curricular Activities and the Curriculum |
| Vol. 10 No. 6 |
Are we going to Cyberspace, or is this just another trip to Abilene? |
| Vol. 10 No. 7 |
Critical Thinking Requires Critical Questioning |
| Vol. 10 No. 8 |
The Nature of Expertise: Implication for Teachers and Teaching |
| Vol. 11 No. 1 |
Changing Student Learning Behavior Outside of Class |
| Vol. 11 No. 2 |
Higher Level Learning: A Taxonomy for Identifying Different Kinds of Significant Learning |
| Vol. 11 No. 3 |
Living Up to Expectations |
| Vol. 11 No. 4 |
Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment |
| Vol. 11 No. 5 |
Fostering Students’ Moral Development |
| Vol. 11 No. 6 |
Helping Students (Better) Evaluate and Validate WWW Resources |
| Vol. 11 No. 7 |
Foundations of Collaboration |
| Vol. 11 No. 8 |
The Legacy of John Dewey |
| Vol. 12 No. 1 |
Teaching with Hospitality |
| Vol. 12 No. 2 |
Teaching in Action: Multicultural Education as the Highest Form of Understanding |
| Vol. 12 No. 3 |
Academic Service-Learning: Myths, Challenges, and Recommendations |
| Vol. 12 No. 4 |
Classroom Assessment: Guidelines for Success |
| Vol. 12 No. 5 |
Exploring Student Expectation |
| Vol. 12 No. 6 |
Integrating Learning Strategies into Teaching |
| Vol. 12 No. 7 |
Emotion in the Classroom |
| Vol. 12 No. 8 |
Cooperative Learning: It’s Here to Stay |
| Vol. 13 No. 1 |
College Teaching as an Educational Helping Relationship |
| Vol. 13 No. 2 |
Imperatives for Reforming Pedagogy and Curriculum |
| Vol. 13 No. 3 |
The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio |
| Vol. 13 No. 4 |
Teachers Are Diverse Too–Respecting Each Other’s Beliefs |
| Vol. 13 No. 5 |
Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
| Vol. 13 No. 6 |
Diversity Begins at Home: Multiculturalism in State and Regional Studies |
| Vol. 13 No. 7 |
From Cognitive Dissonance to Self-Motivated Learning |
| Vol. 13 No. 8 |
Teachers and Scholars as Designers: The Art and Practice of Instructional Design |
| Vol. 14 No. 1 |
Leading Culturally Sensitive Classroom Discussions Following September 11 |
| Vol. 14 No. 2 |
Unlearning: A Critical Element in the Learning Process |
| Vol. 14 No. 3 |
Teaching Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty |
| Vol. 14 No. 4 |
Achieving Teaching and Learning Excellence through Faculty Learning Communities |
| Vol. 14 No. 5 |
Creating a Culture of Co-Learners with Problem-Based Learning |
| Vol. 14 No. 6 |
Team Teaching: The Learning Side of the Teaching-Learning Equation |
| Vol. 14 No. 7 |
Improving Teaching through Classroom Action Research |
| Vol. 14 No. 8 |
Helping Students Help Each Other: Making Peer Feedback More Valuable |
| Vol. 15 No. 1 |
Student Plagiarism: Are Teachers Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution |
| Vol. 15 No. 2 |
Taking Self Assessment Seriously |
| Vol. 15 No. 3 |
Promoting Learning through Inquiry |
| Vol. 15 No. 4 |
Great Expectations and Challenges for Learning Objects |
| Vol. 15 No. 5 |
Engaging the Whole Student: Interactive Theatre in the Classroom |
| Vol. 15 No. 6 |
Engaging Faculty in New Forums of Teaching and Learning |
| Vol. 15 No. 7 |
Self-Efficacy in College Teaching |
| Vol. 15 No. 8 |
Encouraging Civil Behavior in Large Classrooms |
| Vol. 16 No. 1 |
Transitions: What’s Love Got to Do With It? |
| Vol. 16 No. 2 |
The Power of Student Stories: Connections that Enhance Learning |
| Vol. 16 No. 3 |
PowerPoint: Possibilities and Problems |
| Vol. 16 No. 4 |
Teaching Bioethics through Participation and Policy-Making |
| Vol. 16 No. 5 |
Validity, Research, and Reality: Student Ratings of Instruction at the Crossroad |
| Vol. 16 No. 6 |
Why Knowing About Disciplinary Differences Can Mean More Effective Teaching |
| Vol. 16 No. 7 |
Teaching for Diversity and Inclusiveness in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math |
| Vol. 16 No. 8 |
A Roadmap to Part-Time Faculty Success |
| Vol. 17 No. 1 |
Using Rubrics to Achieve Greater Equity |
| Vol. 17 No. 2 |
Humor as a Systemic Teaching Tool |
| Vol. 17 No. 3 |
Assessing Students Online Learning |
| Vol. 17 No. 4 |
Teaching Portfolios for Graduate Students |
| Vol. 17 No. 5 |
From Passive to Active Learning: Helping Students Make the Shift |
| Vol. 17 No. 6 |
Student Teams, Teaching and Technology |
| Vol. 17 No. 7 |
Practice Tests: a Practical Teaching Method |
| Vol. 17 No. 8 |
Using Student-Centered Assessment to Enhance Learning |
