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

1. Introduction -- 2. Countdown for course preparation -- 3. Meeting a class for the first time -- 4. Reading as active learning -- 5. Facilitating discussion : posing problems, listening, questioning -- 6. How to make lectures more effective -- 7. Assessing, testing, and evaluating : grading is not the most important function -- 8. Testing : the details -- 9. Tests from the students' perspective -- 10. What to do about cheating -- 11. The ABC's of assigning grades -- 12. Motivation in the college classroom -- 13. Teaching culturally diverse students -- 14. Dealing with student problems and problem students (there's almost always at least one!) -- 15. How to enhance learning by using high-stakes and low-stakes writing -- 16. Active learning : cooperative, collaborative, and peer learning -- 17. Problem-based learning : teaching with cases, simulations, and games -- 18. Technology and teaching -- 19. Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning!) -- 20. Laboratory instruction : ensuring an active learning experience -- 21. Teacher's role in experiential learning -- 22. Teaching by distance education -- 23. Teaching students how to become more strategic and self-regulated learners -- 24. Teaching thinking -- 25. Ethics of teaching and the teaching of ethics -- 26. Vitality and growth throughout your teaching career.