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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
Experiential Education
Lecture Tips

Enhance Your Lectures: Make them More Active: Four Simple ways to enhance the basic lecture class with active-learning components Info

Lecture Intros: Don't Just Dive In: A simple method for starting lectures: tell your students what you're going to tell them. Info

Lectures: In Conclusion: A quick look at what to include when wrapping up a lecture. Info

Lectures: Structuring the Body: An explanation of chunking information for easier student absorption. Info

Putting the "Sticky" in Lectures: A simple how-to suggestion for designing effective lectures. Info

Stop it! You’re Killing Me! Retooling Your Lecture: This Teaching Tip explores livening up lectures by implementing active instructional methods in the classroom. Info

Lesson Planning
Professional Matters
Service Learning
Student Centered Instruction
Teaching in the Disciplines
Teaching Strategies
Teaching with Technology
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