Screen LibraryTeaching first-year college students
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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
Jossey-Bass,
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| Publisher Address: | San Francisco, CA |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Rev. and expanded ed. |
| Series: |
Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series |
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| Item Description: | Teaching College Freshmen. |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 284 p.: ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0787964395 (cloth) 9780787964399 |
| Index Number: | G642 |
| CLC: |
G642.4 G649.712 |
| Call Number: | G642.4/E682/Rev.ed. |
| Contents: |
Rev. ed. of: Teaching college freshmen. 1991. Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index. 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. |