Center for Instructional Innovation - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center
Teaching Tips
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Course Design and Development
Course Preparation
- Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain, W. Huitt, (2004), Educational Psychology Interactive, Valdosta State Univ., GA.
- Design and Teach Your Course , Eberly Center of Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
- Preparing or Revising a Course, Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching (Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993)
Course Syllabus
There is no official university policy on what information a course syllabus must contain. The following links are provided to assist faculty in developing a course syllabus. See also the Bibliography for more Course Syllabus resources.
- Course Syllabus Guidelines Essential components to be included in a syllabus contributed by experienced faculty at WWU, compiled by the Center for Instructional Innovation.
- Course Syllabi Requirements Defined by WWU's Woodring College of education for NCATE review (2004).
- Creating A Syllabus, Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching (Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993)
- Student Performance Verbs
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Syllabus Report as designed by MIT CDIO Initiative (includes excellent appendix on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives)
- What is an Effective Syllabus? Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
Classroom Management
- Disruptions in the Classroom: Dealing with a Difficult Student, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Saskatchewan
- Managing Conflict (Scenes from a Classroom), Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
- Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University
Opening Closing Routines
- 101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class, Joyce Povlacs Lunde, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, made available by Honolulu Community College
- Not Quite 101 Ways to Learning Students' Names, University of Virginia
- Make the Most of the First Day of Class, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence, Carnegie Mellon University
- A Welcome Routine | A Closing Routine, Indiana State University
- The First Day of Class: Tips for Success, Center for Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC–Chapel Hill
- Twenty ways to make lectures more participatory, Harvard University
