Teaching First-Year College Students

Abstract

PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ABOUT THE AUTHORS. PART ONE: Understanding First-Year Students. Chapter 1: First-Year Students in Perspective. Chapter 2: Intellectual Development in College. Chapter 3: Learning Styles. PART TWO: Effective Instruction for First-Year Students. Chapter 4: Knowing, Understanding, Thinking, and Learning How to Learn: The Goals of First-Year Instruction. Chapter 5: Preparing a Syllabus and Meeting the First Class. Chapter 6: Presenting and Explaining. Chapter 7: Creating Involvement in the Classroom. Chapter 8: Encouraging Active Reading. Chapter 9: Supporting Active Study Practices. Chapter 10: Trying Transformed Teaching. Chapter 11: Evaluating Student Learning. Chapter 12: Grading. PART THREE: Opportunities and Challenges in First-Year Instruction. Chapter 13: Creating Inclusion in First-Year Classrooms and Curricula. Chapter 14: Teaching Large Classes. Chapter 15: Sustaining Engagement Outside Class: Office Hours, Advising, and First-Year Seminars. Chapter 16: Strengthening Commitment to First-Year Instruction. REFERENCES. INDEX.

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