Bowen’s best-seller gives directions, reasons, creative ideas, software, and resources for flipping your classroom. Games merit his special attention because students find them so engaging. Although the evidence that technology actually increases learning is thin, the value of active learning is indisputable.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1028.3 .B69 2012 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Bringing pedagogy and cognitive science to online learning environments.
This book my be requested at the UT Library. Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
George Anders explains the remarkable power of a liberal arts education – and the ways it can open the door to thousands of cutting-edge jobs every week.
This book my be requested at the UT Library. Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Boser maps out the new science of learning, showing how simple techniques like comprehension check-ins and making material personally relatable can help people gain expertise in dramatically better ways.
This book my be requested at the UT Library. Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This book offers a fresh, overarching organization of how we should be teaching, depending upon our student learning outcomes.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .D377 2013 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This is a path-breaking book. . . More sophisticated and empirically-grounded that any study skills manual, [it] addresses all the major research findings on how the human brain learns.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB1134 .D68 2013 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
The authors assemble compelling survey evidence for the generalizations they make about Millennial students.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LA 229 .L417 2012 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
These resources, some of which are interactive, span simulations, games, multimedia tutorials, demonstrations, virtual labs and experiences, animations, videos, and audio recordings.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: ZA 4228 .S53 2014 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB1060 .B768 2014 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This handy resource describes and illustrates the concepts underlying the “First Principles of Instruction” and illustrates First Principles and their application in a wide variety of instructional products.
This books is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1028.38 .M468 2013 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This volume offers a new model of integrated course design that links principles of higher level learning, active learning, effective dialogue, and educative assessment to help educators develop skills for lifelong learning in their students.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .F495 2013 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This expanded and updated edition of the best-selling handbook is an essential toolbox, full of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, classroom activities and exercises, for the new or experienced college instructor.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .N55 2010 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
In this much needed resource, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation’s most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom.
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But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort? This book addresses that idea.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: BF 318 .C366 2014 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This book presents the research-based case that Learner Centered Teaching (LCT) offers the best means to optimize student learning in college, and offers examples and ideas for putting it into practice, as well the underlying rationale.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1027.23 .D69 2011 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
This book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn—revealing the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences.
This book is available at the UT Library Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
James Zull invites teachers in higher education or any other setting to accompany him in his exploration of what scientists can tell us about the brain and to discover how this knowledge can influence the practice of teaching.
This book is available at the UT Library Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Thoughtful and rich with advice, The Mentor’s Guide explores the critical process of mentoring and presents practical tools for facilitating the experience from beginning to end.
This book is available at the UT Library Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
There has been growing demand for workshops and materials to help those in higher education conduct and use the scholarship of teaching and learning.
This book is available at the UT Library Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
It is an exceptionally fine, straight-forward and brief guide for faculty looking at their first SOTL project. For most such readers, it will probably seem to be the most helpful of the guides.
This book is available at the UT Library Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
The authors explain seven learning principles that affect the learning of students’ prior knowledge, their organization of the material, their motivation, and their level of development and class climate, as well as the importance of practice and feedback, the prerequisites of mastery, and the role of self-regulation in self-directed learning.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1025.3 .H68 2010
What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? The short answer is – it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. They know how to engage and challenge students.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .B34 2004
Expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original hardcover edition can be translated into actions and practice, readers can now make valuable connections between classroom activities and learning behavior.
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1060 .H672 2000, and as an electronic resource at
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/dixie/detail.action?docID=10038789
The following books, while not as influential as those listed on the page before, are still excellent resources. These books are available at the UT library, call numbers and electronic resource information have been provided.
A Guide to Faculty Development: Practical Advice, Examples, and Resources by Kay Herr. Gillespie
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331.72 .G85 2002 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution by Peggy L. Maki
This can be found on EBRARY.
Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide by Linda Y. Suskie
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2336 .S87 2009 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Barbara E. Walvoord
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2822.75 .W35 2004 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Books, Bytes, and Bridges: Libraries and Computer Centers in Academic Institutions by Larry L. Hardesty
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: Z 675 .U5 .B66 2000 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
This book is available on EBRARY.
Embracing New Paradigms in Education by H.W. Wilson Company
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LA 209.2 .E43 2014 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation by Georg von Krogh
This book is available through EBRARY.
Excellence in College Teaching and Learning: Classroom and Online Instruction by George Henderson
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .H447 2007 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning: A Resource for More Purposeful Effective and Enjoyable College Teaching by James R. Davis and Bridget D. Areno
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .D377 2013 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Class Every Day by Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1044.75 .B47 2012 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Learning to Think: Disciplinary Perspectives by Janet Gail Donald
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1060 .D64 2002 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Learning Together and Alone: Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning, 5th Edition by David R. Johnson
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1032 .J595 1999 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching by Rena M. Palloff
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1044.87 .P34 2001 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Mckeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers, 10th Edition by Wilbert J. McKeachie and Marilla D. Svinicki
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1738 .M35 1999 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student by Rebekah Nathan
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 3605 .N34 2006 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Craft of Teaching: a Guide to Mastering the Professor’s Art by Kenneth Eugene Eble
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .E328 1988 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions by Peter Seldin
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2333 .S46 2010 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
To Serve a Larger Purpose: Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education by John Saltmarsh
This book is available through EBRARY.
Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .D37 1993 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Understanding By Design by Grant P. Wiggins
This book is available through EBRARY.
A Learning College for the 21st Century by Terry, O’Banion
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2328.15 .U6 O33 1997 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives, and Practice by Catherine Twomey Fosnot
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1590.3 .C676 1996 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
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Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide, Revised Edition by Robert M. Diamond
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2361.5 .D5 1998 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)[/two_third_last]
Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms by Stephen D. Brookfield
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .B679 1999 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Dollars, Distance, and Online Education: The New Economics of College Teaching and Learning by Martin J. Finkelstein
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2395.7 .M26 2000 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment by Barbara E. Walvoord
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2368 .W35 1998 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
From Command to Community: A New Approach to Leadership Education in Colleges and Universities by Nicholas V. Longo
This book is available through EBRARY.
Gateways to Knowledge: the Role of Academic Libraries in Teaching, Learning, and Research by Lawrence Dowler
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: Z 675 .U5 G39 1997 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices by Luisa Marquardt
This book is available through EBRARY.
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Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III by Michael L. Kamil
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1050 .H278 2000 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights from Twenty Years of Research by Ernest T. Pascarella
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LA 229 .P34 1991 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom by Ronald A. Beghetto
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1062 .N87 2010 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
On Teaching and Learning in College by Paul L. Dressel
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .D73 1982 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Physics in Oxford, 1839-1939: Laboratories, Learning, and College Life by Robert Fox
This book is available through EBRARY
Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom by Chet Meyers
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1027.23 .M49 1993 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Teaching in the Real World: Strategies to Survive and Thrive by Daniel Zukergood
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1025.3 .Z85 2009 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate, First American Edition by Greg Lukainoff
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: KF 4242 .L85 2014 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: P 93.5 .T846 1997 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom by Robert E. Cummings
This book is available through EBRARY.
Wiring the Writing Center by Eric Hobson
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: PE 1404 .W56 1998 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Women’s Ways Of Knowing: The Development Of Self, Voice, And Mind by Mary Belenky
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: HQ 1206 .W88 1986 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Y. Arum
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LA 227.4 .A78 2011 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Changing College Classrooms: New Teaching and Learning Strategies for an Increasingly Complex World by Diane F. Halpern
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .C4543 1994 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
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Civic Engagement in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices by Thomas Ehrlich
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LC 220.5 .C58 2009 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: call number: LB 1032 .B318 2005 Reserve Desk (2nd floor)
College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know by Lynda M. Duke
This book is available through EBRARY.
Effective Instruction for STEM Disciplines: from Learning Theory to College Teaching by E. J. Mastascusa
This book is available through EBRARY.
How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course: Achieving Student-Centered Learning Through Blended Classroom, Online, and Experiential Activities by Jay Caulfield and Alan Aycock
This book is available through EBRARY.
Interdisciplinary Handbook of Adult Lifespan Learning by Jan D. Sinnott
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LC 5225 .L42 I58 1994 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning by Mary E. Huba
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .H83 2000 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Learning Spaces by Diana Oblinger
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1060 .T854 2006 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Learning that Lasts: Integrated Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond by Marcia Mentkowski
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1060 .M464 2000 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice by Robert J. Menges
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2331 .T418 1996 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Adjunct Professor’s Guide to Success: Surviving and Thriving in the College Classroom by Richard E. Lyons
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 1778.2 .L96 1999 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Adult Student’s Guide to Survival and Success by Al Siebert
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2343.32 .S556 2003 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Aims of College Teaching by Kenneth Eugene Eble
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: call number: LB 2331 .E327 1983 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach by Judith Grunert O’Brien
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2361 .G78 2008 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What it Means to be an Educated Human Being by Richard M. Gamble
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LA 5 .G74 2007 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Stop Plagiarism: a Guide to Understanding and Prevention by Viviana Bowman Cvetkovic
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: PN 167 .S76 2010 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
Librarians as Community Partners: an Outreach Handbook by Carol Smallwood
This book is available through EBRARY.
Whatever it Takes: Transforming American Schools: the Project GRAD Story by Holly Holland
This book is available at the UT Library, call number: LB 2822.82 H64 2005 Reserve Desk. (2nd floor)
