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Student & Faculty Perspectives on Teaching & Learning at Brown
- Student Perspective: What Helps Me Learn Best/What I Expect from Brown Faculty
- Faculty Perspective: How Best to Engage Brown Students
Course Design
The topics below deal with aspects of course design, such as creating a course proposal, constructing a syllabus, formulating assessments of student learning, teaching First Year Seminars, using instructional technology, and accommodating diverse learning styles.
Course Proposals
Syllabi
Assessments
- Designing Assessments (PDF)
- Top Ten Tips on Assessment for Learning
- AAHE 9 Principles for assessing student learning (PDF)
Instructional Technology
Variations in Student Learning
- Signs of Diverse Learning Styles: Hints for Instructors (PDF)
- Variations in Student Learning - A Sheridan Center Handbook (PDF)
- Implementing Universal Instructional Design in College Courses (PDF)
Course Management
Topics below address aspects of managing courses once the semester has begun.
The First Day of Class
- “The First Day of Class” (excerpted from Barbara Gross Davis’ Tools for Teaching)
- “First Day of Class” (Vanderbilt University, Center for Teaching)
- “Make the Most of the First Day of Class” (Carnegie Mellon University, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence)
- “The First Day” (Honolulu Community College, Faculty Development Teaching Tips)
- “Learning Students Names” (University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Office of Graduate Studies)
- “First Day Questionnaire” (University of California – Berkeley, Office of Educational Development)
Shopping Period
CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOM
Leading Discussions
- Facilitating Group Discussions - Understanding Group Dynamics
- Bringing Out Shy Students
- Self-checklists for Facilitating Effective group discussions
- Question Stems to Provoke Critical Thinking
- Tips on Facilitating Effective Discussions
- 10 Tips When Facilitating Discussions - from UNT
Large Classes
- Strategies for Teaching Large Classes: Recommendations from Brown Faculty (PDF)
- Teaching Large Classes (PDF)
- Best Practice Use of Clickers (PDF)
Teaching Assistants
- How Faculty Can Work with TAs Effectively (PDF)
- Working with Graduate and Undergraduate TAs (PDF)
- A Brief Guide for Teaching Assistants (PDF)
- Twenty Tips - Some Hints on how to be an Effective TA (PDF)
- Best Practice Guidelines for Undergraduate TA Programs
Critical Reading Methodology
- Critical Reading of Texts (PDF)
- Critical Reading/Analysis of Primary Sources: Text, Objects or Architecture
Student Presentations
Student Writing
- Resources for Faculty
- Materials for Faculty (Dartmouth College, Institute for Writing and Rhetoric: Materials for Students)
- Teaching Writing in the First Year
- Pedagogies
- Methods
- Peer Review (PDF)
- Self Review (PDF)
- Resources for Students
- Materials for Students (Dartmouth College, Institute for Writing and Rhetoric: Materials for Students)
- Writing the Academic Paper
- Writing in the Humanities/Social Sciences/Sciences
- Writing a Thesis
- Using Sources
- Resources for Multilingual Writers
- Resources for Students with Impairments
- Special Writing Task
- The Writing Workshop (University of New South Wales, Australia)
- WRISE: Write Reports in Science and Engineering Workshop (University of Sydney and University of New South Wales, Australia
- Resources at Brown
Student Feedback
- Feedback from a Single Class Period (PDF)
- Mid-Semester Feedback:
- Mid-Semester Evaluations (PDF)
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING
- “Grading Practices”, excerpted from Barbara Gross Davis’ Tools for Teaching
- “Grading Student Work”, from Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching
- “Assessment: What is a Rubric?”, DePaul University’s Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
- “Creating a Rubric: An Online Tutorial for Faculty”, University of Colorado - Denver’s Center for Faculty Development
- Class Participation (PDF)
- Ensuring Students Read Your Comments (PDF)
- Grading Rubrics for Writing Assignments (PDF)
- Grading Rubrics for Research Papers (PDF)
Documenting Teaching Effectiveness
The tips in this section are relevant to preparing for annual reviews, tenure and promotion and the academic job market.
- Documenting Teaching Effectiveness (PDF)
- The Teaching Portfolio - A Sheridan Center Handbook (PDF)
- Conducting Effective Classroom Observations of Colleagues (PDF)
Advising
This section includes materials pertinent to undergraduate advising.