Pedagogy

Methods, Styles, and Approaches

Answering and Asking Questions
by William Cashin at the IDEA Center, Kansas State University

Any Questions?
Different types of questions that can be effectively asked in class, by Richard Felder. Chemical Engineering Education, 28(3), 174-175 (Summer 1994).

Discussion as a Way of Teaching
An excerpt from Brookfield and Preskill (1999), Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Ideas for Generating Discussion on Readings or Other Class Material
by Kathleen McKinney, Center for the Advancement for Teaching at Illinois State University

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Experiential Learning

Experiential Learning & Experiential Education: Philosophy, theory, practice & resources

David. A. Kolb on experiential learning

CET: Teaching & Learning: Experiential Learning

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The First Day

Learning Students' Names

Getting Started in the Right Way on the First Day of Class

The Most Important Day: Starting Well

101 Things for the First 3 Weeks

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Group Work

The Collaborative Research Model: Student Learning Team in Undergraduate Research

Cooperative Learning: Effective Teamwork for Engineering Classrooms. Karl A. Smith.

CRLT Lab Guidebook

Designing Effective Group Activities

The Laboratory in Science Education: Foundations for the Twenty-First Century

Students Working in Small Groups

Team Work and Group Work

Group Work Resources
including exercises and templates for team-building activities, charters, and team review - University of Technology Sydney

Meeting Strategies to Help Prepare Students for Group Work (pdf)
University of Waterloo, Canada

Small Group Teaching Checklist
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Teamwork
Skills for Sustainable Engineering, RMIT

Turning Student Groups Into Effective Teams (pdf)
Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2(1), 9-34 (2004)

Cooperative Learning: Students Working in Small Groups
Speaking of Teaching, 10(2), the newsletter of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University

Collaborative Learning
from the National Institute for Science Education - College Level One: Innovations in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Education

Effective Strategies for Cooperative Learning
by Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent. Journal of Cooperation & Collaboration in College Teaching, 10(2), 69-75 (2001). Tips on forming teams, dealing with dysfunctional teams, grading team assignments, and using cooperative learning in a distance learning environment.

Frequently Asked Questions on Cooperative Learning
National Teaching and Learning Forum

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Lectures

Large Classes

Suggestions for Large Classes

Tips for Using Questions in Large Classes

Large Class Bibliography

The "Change-Up" in Lectures

Large Classes: A Teaching Guide

Lectures

Delivering Effective Lectures

Eight Steps to Active Lecturing

Giving Effective Lectures

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Problem-based Learning

Center for Problem-Based Learning

What is Problem-Based Learning?

Problem-Based Learning: An Introduction

Problem-based Learning at University of Delaware

Problem Based Learning
Speaking of Teaching 11(1), from the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University (2001)

Problem-Based Learning
at the University of Delaware: "Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that challenges students to 'learn to learn,' working cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems ..."

The Problem-Based Learning Initiative
at Samford University, including information and resources for planning and assessing PBL courses, and access to copies of the newsletter PBL Insight

Problem-Based Learning
by Don Woods

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Service Learning

National Youth Leadership council: What is service learning?

Carnegie Perspectives "Service Learning in Undergraduate Education: Where is it Going?"

Service Learning at UM

Service Learning: Higher Education Sector Page by National Service-learning clearinghouse

Service Learning and Faculty Development by Campus Compact

101 Ideas for Combining Service and Learning
This site offers service-learning course ideas in fifteen different disciplines.

Campus Compact
"Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 900 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education. To support this civic mission, Campus Compact promotes community service that develops students' citizenship skills and values, encourages partnerships between campuses and communities, and assists faculty who seek to integrate public and community engagement into their teaching and research..."

Engineering Projects and Community Service (EPICS)
"Community service agencies are increasingly relying upon the delivery, coordination, accounting, and improvement of the services they provide. They need the help of people with strong technical backgrounds. Undergraduate students ... will be expected to work with people of many different backgrounds to identify and achieve goals. They need educational experiences that can help them develop these skills. The challenge is to bring these two groups together in a mutually beneficial way..."

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