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Master Teacher Initiative Teaching Tips

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Welcome to the Master Teacher Initiative Teaching Tips. Please click on the folders, below, to view the list of teaching tips. To view a complete tip, click on the title of the teaching tip.

Academic Integrity
Assessment: Tests/Quizzes/Questioning
Cheating and Plagiarism
Class Administration/Classroom Models
Classroom Behavior
Commencement Addresses/Inspiration
Copyright Essentials
Course Design and Evaluation
Current Issues in Higher Education
Discussion Strategies
Distance/Online Strategies
Diversity

Discriminatory Language: Three Primary Forms: A quick look at the three primary forms of discriminatory language. Info

Dispositions for Good Teaching: A brief review and link to the Gary Howard article "Dispositions for Good Teaching." Info

Diversity: Seeing the Forest for the Trees: This tip reviews Chapter 5 in Barbara Gross Davis' 1993 Tools for Teaching. Info

Recruiting and Retaining the Underrepresented: This tip provides some suggestions on how to assist students from underrepresented groups to obtain scholarships and fellowships. Info

Sexist Language: What is it?: A quick look at four main characteristics of sexist language. Info

Speaking of Disabilities: A guide to speaking about people with disabilities. Info

Experiential Education
Lecture Tips
Lesson Planning
Professional Matters
Service Learning
Student Centered Instruction
Teaching in the Disciplines
Teaching Strategies
Teaching with Technology
Other