Teaching First-Year College Students

Name: Teaching First-Year College Students
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ISBN: 9780787964399

ISBN-10: 0787964395

ISBN-13: 9780787964399

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Calvin B. Peters, Diane Weltner Strommer, Bette LaSere Erickson

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Teaching First-Year College Students is a thoroughly expanded and updated edition of Teaching College Freshmen, which has become a classic in the field since it was published in 1991. The book offers concrete suggestions about specific strategies and approaches for faculty who teach first-year courses. The new edition is based on the most current research on teaching and learning and incorporates information about the demographic changes that have occurred in student populations since the first edition was published. The updated strategies are designed to help first-year students adjust effectively to both the academic and nonacademic pressures of college. The authors also help faculty…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Authors



Understanding First-Year Students



First-Year Students in Perspective



Intellectual Development in College



Learning Styles



Effective Instruction for First-Year Students



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



Opportunities and Challenges in First-Year Instruction



Creating Inclusion in First-Year Classrooms and Curricula



Teaching Large Classes



Sustaining Engagement Outside Class: Office Hours, Advising, and First-Year Seminars



Strengthening Commitment to First-Year Instruction


References


Index