University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center

Many of the articles in the TRC's newsletter, Teaching Concerns, provide tips on ways to improve teaching. The different tips are grouped by catagory and cross-listed where appropriate. We hope that you find the following list, which also includes teaching tips not previously published in Teaching Concerns, useful in your teaching endeavors.

Analyzing/Improving Teaching — Includes TAPs, consultations, etc.
Book and Video Reviews
Cooperative Learning/Using Groups
Effectively
Course Development and Design
Course Evaluation and Feedback
Course Examinations and Testing
Critical Thinking
Developing Departmental Handbooks
Discussion Leading
Diversity
Engaging Students
Essays on Teaching
Grading
Helping Students
Inspirations for Teaching
International Teaching Assistants
Learning Styles
Lecturing
Plagiarism/Cheating
Problem-Solving
Professional and Career Development — Includes TA development
Student Preparation and Participation
Summer Session
Teaching Portfolios
Teaching Specific Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Foreign Language
- Mathematics
- Religious Studies
- Science/Labs
Teaching Tips
Technology — Includes e-mail, web-based applications, and electronic feedback
Undergraduate Student Focus Groups
Writing — Includes creating and grading assignments

Student Evaluation of Teaching

Developing Your Teaching Persona

BOOK REVIEW: Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom

Encouraging Students' Participation in Discussions

On the Same Wavelength? Clarifying Course
Expectations and Goals

Promoting Students' Intellectual Growth

Teaching Idea: The One-Minute Paper

Grading Class Participation

The "Change-Up": A Good Pitch to Have in Your
Teaching Repertoire

How to Keep your Students Thinking

Pop Quizzes Students Like

Using a Mid-Term Evaluation to Give Students
Responsibility for the Course

The Dog Ate My Homework: How to Deal
With Unprepared Students