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Table of Contents:

• pt. 1. Key Concepts: Course design for large classes: a learning-centered approach / Judith Grunert O'Brien
• That's not a large class; it's a small town: how do I manage? / Lynda G. Cleveland
• Planning and assessing large classes / Michael Theall and Raoul A. Arreola
• Promoting civility in large classes / Mary Deane Sorcinelli
• Engaging students actively in large lecture settings / Peter J. Frederick
• Team learning in large classes / Larry K. Michaelsen
• Learning in the dark: applying classroom technology to large lecture formats / Michael Smilowitz and Anne S. Gabbard-Alley
• Teaching for inclusion / Mathew L. Ouellett
• Working with teaching assistants and undergraduate peer facilitators to address the challenges of teaching large classes / Jean Civikly-Powell and Donald H. Wulff
• Maintaining intimacy: strategies for the effective management of TAs in innovative large classes / Leta F. Deithloff
• Teaching the large class: an administrator's perspective / J. Douglas Andrews
• Teaching large classes: a brief review of the research / Christine A. Stanley and M. Erin Porter
• pt. 2. Examples Across the Disciplines: Agriculture: What I wish I had known before I taught a large class / Emily Hoover
• Business: A management lesson / Steve Tomlinson
• Eleven very basic tips for teaching large business classes / Tom Campbell
• Clinical Sciences: Teaching large classes in Pharmacy practice / James McAuley and Marialice Bennett
• Teaching large classes in Veterinary medicine / Laurie A. Jaeger and Deborah Kochevar
• Education: Making large classes small through creative teaching / John R. Hoyle
• Engineering: A learning-focused approach to a large-section engineering course / Robert Lundquist
• Getting students in a technical class involved in the classroom / Doug Jacobson

• English: Managing discussion in large classes / J. Dennis Huston
• Law: Defying the norms: teaching large law school classes in accordance with good pedagogy / Derrick Bell
• Mathematics: Mathematics and the large class: meeting and mastering the challenge / Nancy J. Simpson
• Sciences: Strength in numbers: making the large chemistry lecture class work / Brian P. Coppola
• What my students have taught me / Brent L. Iverson
• Large-class instruction: having a private conversation in a crowded room / James H. Stith
• Social and Behavioral Sciences: Personalizing the large class in psychology / Richard P. Halgin and Christopher E. Overtree
• Teaching social science to a small society / Linda B. Nilson
• Transforming the horde / Robin Nagle
• Summary of key concepts for teaching large classes / M. Erin Porter and Christine A. Stanley.

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Contributors:

Stanley, Christine A. , editor

Porter, M. Erin , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Class size — Technique

Teacher effectiveness

Effective teaching

Class size

Technique

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-346) and index.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 353 pages ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

LB2331 .E65 2002

ISBNs:

9781119111245 (paper)
1119111242 (paper)
1882982517
9781882982516

OCLC Numbers:

51213633