147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors

Preface
Before You Begin
Class Organization
The First Day
At the Bell: 1, 2, 3 Go!

Physicality

• Delivery
• Movement
• Blackboards

Lecturing as Performance Art
Teaching Your Students to Think
Examples
Helping Your Students Read

Large Lectures

• Student Input
• Preparation
• Delivery

Discussion

• Teacher Participation
• Student Participation
• Concept and Structure
• Odds and Ends

Group Projects

How Are You Teaching?

• Check with Your Students
• Reacting to Student Evaluations
• Do It Yourself!

Motivating Your Students to Read
Work With Your Colleagues
Motivation: Critical Moments

Evaluating Your Students

• Grading Written Assignments
• Grading Participation
• Grading Tests

Reviewing: One More Time

Reviews Can Help Students Cope with Exam Anxiety

Reviews Can Help Motivate Students

Reviews Can Provide Summary and Perspective

Reviews Can Focus on Specific Areas of Need

Reviews Can Aim at Specific Exam Items

Reviews Can Provide Fresh Angles and Approaches

Final Words