Erickson, Bette LaSere, 1945-
Teaching first-year college students / Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters, Diane Weltner Strommer. - Rev. and expanded ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006. - xx, 284 p. ; 28 cm. - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
Rev. ed. of: Teaching college freshmen. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
First-year students in perspective -- Intellectual development in college -- Learning styles -- Knowing, understanding, thinking, and learning how to learn : the goals of first-year instruction -- Preparing a syllabus and meeting the first class -- Presenting and explaining -- Creating involvement in the classroom -- Encouraging active reading -- Supporting active study practices -- Trying transformed teaching -- Evaluating student learning -- Grading -- Creating inclusion in first-year classroom and curricula -- Teaching large classes -- Sustaining engagement outside class : office hours, advising, and first-year seminars -- Strengthening commitment to first-year instruction.
0787964395 (cloth) 9780787964399
College teaching--United States.
College freshmen--United States.
378.12 / ERI
Teaching first-year college students / Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters, Diane Weltner Strommer. - Rev. and expanded ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2006. - xx, 284 p. ; 28 cm. - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series .
Rev. ed. of: Teaching college freshmen. 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
First-year students in perspective -- Intellectual development in college -- Learning styles -- Knowing, understanding, thinking, and learning how to learn : the goals of first-year instruction -- Preparing a syllabus and meeting the first class -- Presenting and explaining -- Creating involvement in the classroom -- Encouraging active reading -- Supporting active study practices -- Trying transformed teaching -- Evaluating student learning -- Grading -- Creating inclusion in first-year classroom and curricula -- Teaching large classes -- Sustaining engagement outside class : office hours, advising, and first-year seminars -- Strengthening commitment to first-year instruction.
0787964395 (cloth) 9780787964399
College teaching--United States.
College freshmen--United States.
378.12 / ERI