Teaching Tips

Best practices for your classroom

The Faculty Assessment and Development team distributes brief teaching tips regularly to promote professional development in an ongoing manner through the dissemination of evidence-based practices that can be implemented in your classroom. Each tip includes select references for further study and templates you can use to put these tips into practice.

#1 Assess Prior Knowledge to Support Student Learning

#2 Communicate Expectations with Your Students

#3 Share Effective Learning Techniques with Your Students

#4 Motivate Students to Succeed

#5 Embed Active Learning in Your Classroom

#6 Prepare Students for Group Work

#7 Make the Most of your Three-Week Evaluations

#8 Discuss Assignment Feedback with Students

#9 Keep Students Focused on Class Content

#10 Utilize Classroom Assessment Techniques to Monitor Student Learning

#11 Teach Your Students to Avoid Plagiarism

#12 Make Student Presentations Meaningful