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Teaching Specific Disciplines

General:
Cashin, W., and V. Clegg. "Periodicals Relating to College Teaching." Idea Paper # 28. CFED Kansas State University. January 1993.

Anthropology:
Kelso, A.J.. "Teaching Anthropology: Writing Captions for the Blind." from: On Teaching Vol. 2 Ed. Mary Ann Shea. University of Colorado Faculty Teaching Program. 1990.

Architecture:
"Studio Teaching" bibliography.

Vickery, Robert L. "Concepts: Robert Vickery on Aesthetics." Thoughtlines (Spring 1991)

---------. Course Material for ARCH 101: Concepts in Architecture. Fall 1994.

----------. "Teaching Theory to Beginning Students." Journal of Architectural Education (1985).

Biology:
"Development of Critical thinking Skills in the Microbiology Cirriculum: Remodeling the Course." Cmmtt. on Continuing Education. Board of Eductaion and Training and the American Society for Microbiology. General Meeting: Dallas TX. 1991.

Chemistry:
Heppert, Joseph A. "Confronting Issues of Student Engagement in Introductory Chemistry." Reflections from the Classroom. Vol. 6 (2003-2004): 9-10.

Geyene, Julien. "Improving Student's Problem Solving Skills: A methodologicla Approach for a Prepatory Chemistry Course." Journal of Chemical Education. Vol 60 No. 5 May 1983.

Katz, Marlene. "Breaking with Tradition." Crucible St. Louis College of Pharmacy. 2, Fall 1994.

Rezba, Richard. "Hard Fun: Developing Scientific Literacy." VCU Teaching Vol. 3 No. 2, Fall 1990.

Watkins, Beverly. "Chemistry Professors Try Technology to Lure Students into Advanced Study." The Chronicle of Higher Education. May 27, 1992.

Education:
Montgomery, Kathleen, et al. "Energizing the Introduction to Education Classroom through Experimental Learning." Lilly Conference, 1994.

Engineering:
Brackin, Patricia. "On the Spot Designs in an Engineering Classroom."

Goldberg, David E. "Change in Engineering Education: One Myth, Two Scenarios and Three Foci." Illigal Report No. 94003, June 1994.

Raudsepp, Eugene with George Hough, Jr. "The So You Think You are Creative Quiz."

English:
Beard, Linda-Susan, et al. "The Violence of Our Knowing." Lilly Conference, 1994.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. "Collaborative Learning and the Conversation of Mankind." College English. Vol. 46.7 (November 1984).

Carson, Barbara H. "Teaching Students to Teach (Us): The Classroom Drama." Lilly Conference, 1994.

Cushman, Stephen. "Six Principles for Designing the Introductory Literature Course." 1997.

Long, Cynthia D. "The Bard of Bakersfield: Professor of the Year Brings Shakespeare to Life." Academe (January-February 1996).

Spacks, Patricia Meyer. "The Teaching of English." PEW Higher Education Research Program. University of Pennsylvania, September, 1990.

Spacks, Patricia Meyer. "The Teaching of English." Distillations: PEW Higher Education Research Program. University of Pennsylvania, September, 1990.

Foreign Languages:
Barret, Leslie. "Ten Things that Teachers Should Teach (and Students Should Learn) About Language," Contemporary Education Vol. 59 No. 2 Winter 1988.

Spodark, Erwina. "Phillippe Comes to Hollins." Bulletin Foreign Language Association of Virginia Vol. 48, No. 2, February 1993.

Vande Berg, Camille. "SCOLA Features in the Language Class: A Model." ERIC/CLL News Bulletin 16, 2 (March 1993), 4-5.

Geology:
Thompson, Allan M. "Problem-Based Learning in a Large Introductory Geology Class." About Teaching No. 50 (Spring 1996).

Government and Foreign Affairs:

Krukones, Michael G. "Politics in Fiction and Film." Innovative Higher Education Vol. 14 no. 1, Fall/Winter 1989.

"On Line." The Chronicle of Higher Education April 8, 1992.

"Role Playing Used to Teach about Global Problems." Press release from College of Wooster. July 22, 1996.

History:
Cutler, William W., III. "The History Course Portfolio." Perspectives (November 1997): 17-20.

Frederick, Peter J. "Motivating Students by Active Learning in the History Classroom." Perspectives (October 1993): 15-19.

Fink, Leon and Lloyde Kramer. "Redrawing Professional Boundaries to Revitalize History Education." Perspectives (May/June 1994)

Hart, Charles. "Teaching the European Enlightenment with a Student Salon." Perspectives (May/June 1989).

Lunenfeld, Marvin. "'The Play's the Thing': Students Write Historical Fiction.' Perspectives (November 1992): 3-5.

McClyner, John F. and Paul R. Ziegler. "Lost at Sea: A Proposal for Countering Information Overload in Introductory Courses." Perspectives (December 1991): 18-20.

Necheles-Jansyn, Ruth F. "Building Critical Thinking Skills in an Introductory World Civilizations Course." Perspectives (January 1989): 16-19.

Scott, John Anthony. "There is Another Way: United States History Texts and the Search for Alternatives" and Gary B. Nash, "'Response to John Anthony Scott's There is Another Way.'" Perspectives (May/.June 1991): 20-23.

Interdisciplinary:
Harte, Thomas, et al. "Are Three Heads Better than One? Collaborative Teaching of the Modern Presidency as an Interdisciplinary Course, A Case Study, 1990-1994." Lilly Conference, 1994.

Haynes, Carolyn and Sally Harrison-Pepper. "Women and Theatre: The Politics of Representation." Lilly Conference, 1994.

Library Science:
Carson, Herbert and Ruth Curtis. "Applying Instructional Design Theory to Bibliographic Instruction: Micro Theory." Research Strategies Vol. 9 No. 2, 1991.

Curtis, Ruth and Herbert Carson. "The Application of Motivational Design to Bibliographic Instruction." Research Strategies Vol. 9 No. 3, 1991.

Ingram, Dorothy and Judith Brook. "It's Not What You Say: Presentation Skills For B.I. Librarian." The Southeastern Librarian Vol. 40 Spring 1990.

Miller, Marian, and David Bratton. "Instructional Design: Increasing the Effectiveness of Bibliographic Instruction." College and Research Libraries November 1988.

Petrowski, Mary Jane and Lizabeth A. Wilson. "Avoiding Horror in the Classroom: In-House Training for Bibliographic Instruction." Illinois Libraries Vol 72, No. 2 February 1991

Mathematics:
Blum, Debra. "Colleges Urged to Make Radical Changes to Deal with National Crisis in Mathematics Education." The Chronicle of Higher Education.

"Calculus Workshop Replaces Horrors with Honors for At-Risk Students." College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Newsletter. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain, Fall 1990.

Jacobson, Robert. "Mathematics Educators' Big New Challenge: Getting Enough People to Adopt Their Ideas." The Chronicle of Higher Education March 3, 1993.

McMullen, Cynthia. "New Tech Teaching at VCU." VCU Teaching Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1990.

Marty, Roger. "Getting to Eureka! Higher Order Reasoning in Math." College Teaching Vol. 39, No. 1.

Ramaley, William. "Myths That Undermine the Teaching of Mathematics." The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 11, 1992.

Steen, Lynn Arthur. "20 Questions That Deans Should Ask Their Mathematics Departments." AAHE Bulletin. May 1992.

Thurston, William P. "Mathematical Education." From: Distillations: The Pew Education Research Program. Pew Charitable Trusts. University of Pennsylvania, September, 1990.

Wheeler, David. "Teaching Calculus to Minority Students Helps Them Stay in College." The Chronicle of Higher Education. June 17, 1992.

Wilson, David. "500 Sophisticated Workstations Help Freshman Grasp the Intricacies of Calculus." The Chronicle of Higher Education February 26, 1992.

Zucker, Steven. "Teaching at the University Level." Notice the AMS, August 1996.

Philosophy:
Glidden, Jack and Joanne Gainen Kurfiss. "Small-Group Discussion in Philosophy 101." College Teaching Vol. 38.1.

Physics:
Wilson, Kenneth G. "Introductory Physics for Teachers." Physics Today September, 1991.

Science:
Bajaj, Vikas. "Science Programs Leave Most Undergraduates 'Homeless,' Report Says." Academe Today News Update, July 16, 1996.

Blasentsein, Michael. "National Science Foundation to Present New Award to Teaching Scholars." The Chronicle of Higher Education (September 25, 2001).

Lord, Thomas R. "Enhancing Learning in the Life Sciences Through Spatial Perception." Innovative Higher Education Fall/Winter 1990.

Marcus, Jeffrey. "A Teaching Statement." The Chronicle of Higher Education (October 9, 2001).

McNeil, Laurie. "Challenges for Teaching in Intro Science Classes." National Teaching and Learning Forum. 4:4-7 (1995).

Mitchell, rod. "Coping with Science Anxiety." Feminist Teacher 1 (1984): 14-17.

Rigden, John S. and Sheila Tobias "Too Often, College-Level Science Is Dull as Well as Difficult." The Chronicle of Higher Education March 27, 1991.

Writing:

Stock, Patricia L. "Writing Across the Curriculum." Theory Into Practice, Volume XXV, Number 2.

 

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