Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-389) and index

Introduction -- Countdown for course preparation -- Meeting a class for the first time -- Reading as active learning -- Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning -- How to make lectures more effective -- Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function -- Testing : the details -- Tests from the students' perspective -- What to do about cheating -- The ABC's of assigning grades -- Motivation in the college classroom -- Teaching culturally diverse students -- Dealing with student problems and problem students (there's almost always at least one!) -- How to enhance learning by using high-stakes and low- stakes writing -- Active learning : cooperative, collaborative, and peer learning -- Problem-based learning : teaching with cases, simulations, and games -- Technology and teaching -- Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!) -- Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience -- Teacher's role in experiential learning -- Teaching by distance education -- Teaching students how to become more strategic and self -regulated learners -- Teaching thinking -- Ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics -- Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.