Library

Stop by the CATL to browse the selection. You are also welcome to e-mail to borrow a book through campus mail. Please include author, title and topic/subject in your request.

Active Learning Approaches

• Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
  Bonwell, Charles C. & Eison, James A.
• Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject
  Silberman, Mel
• Civic Engagement at the Center
  Hoy, Ariane & Meisel, Wayne
• Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
  Barkley, Elizabeth F.; Cross, K. Patricia & Major, Claire Howell
• Cultivating the Learner-Centered Classroom: From Theory to Practice
  Tollefson, Kaia A. & Osborn, Monica K.




• Discussion as a Way of Teaching 
  Brookfield, Stephen D. & Preskill, Stephen
• 40 Inquiry Exercises for the College Biology Lab
  Johnson, A. Daniel
• The Future of Service Learning
  Strait, Jean R.; Lima, Marybeth & Furcho, Andrew
• Inquiry-Guided Learning, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No.129
  Lee, Virginia S.
• Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning
  Davis, James R.
• Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership Between Science Education & Students
  Wood, Bonnie S.
• Peer Instruction: A User's Manual
  Mazur, Eric
• The Power of Problem-Based Learning
  Duch, Barbara J.; Groh, Susan E. & Allen, Deborah E.
• Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom
  Meyers, Chet & Jones, Thomas B.
• Start With a Story: The Case Study Method of Teaching College Science
  Herreid, Clyde Freeman
• Student-Active Science
  McNeal, Ann & D'Avanzo, Charlene
• Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
  Barkley, Elizabeth F.
• Teaching and Learning Through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors
  Lee, Virginia S.
• Using Simulations to Promote Learning in Higher Education
  Hertel, John Paul & Mills, Barbara

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Assessment

• Alternative Strategies for Evaluating Student Learning. New Directions for Teaching & Learning, No. 100
  Achacosa, Michelle V. & Svinicki, Marilla D.
• The Art and Science of Assessing General Education Outcomes: A Practical Guide
  Leskes, Andrea & Wright, Barbara
• Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution
  Maki, Peggy
• Assessing Outcomes and Improving Achievement: Tips and Tools for Using Rubrics
  Rhodes, Terrel L.
• Assessing Students in Groups: Promoting Group Responsibility and Individual Accountability
  Johnson, David W. & Johnson, Roger T.
• Assessment in Cycles of Improvement: Faculty Designs for Essential Learning Outcomes
  Miller, Ross
• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers
  Angelo, Thomas A. & Cross, K. Patricia
• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Practical Guide for Educators
  Mertler, Craig A.
• College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment
  Lord, Thomas R.; French, Donald P. & Crow, Linda W.
• Developing Outcome-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education: A Faculty Introduction
  Driscoll, Amy & Wood, Swarup
• Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College
  Walvoord, Barbara E. & Virginia Johnson Anderson
• Electronic Portfolios 2.0: Emergent Research on Implementation and Impact
  Cambridge, Darren; Cambridge, Barbara & Yancey, Kathleen Blake
• Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning
  Chen, Helen L. & Light, Tracy Penny
• Evaluating a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers, & Trainers
  Forsyth, Ian; Jolliffe, Alan & Stevens, David
• How Am I Teaching? - Forms and Activities for Acquiring Instructional Input
  Weimer, Maryellen; Parrett, Joan L. & Kerns, Mary-Margaret
• Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use
  Christmann, Edwin P. & Badgett, John L.
• Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning
  Stevens, Dannelle D. & Levi, Antonia J.
• Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning
  Huba, Mary E. & Freed, Jann E.
• Portfolio Development and the Assessment of Prior Learning
  Michelson, Elana & Mandell,Alan
• Rising to the Challenge: Meaningful Assessment of Student Learning
  Association of American Colleges and Universities
• Techniques for Evaluating and Improving Instruction. New Directions for Teaching and Learning No. 31
  Aleamoni, Lawrence M.
• Techniques for Interpreting Student Evaluations. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 87
  Lewis, K. G.
• Thirteen Strategies to Measure College Teaching
  Berk, Ronald A. & Theall, Michael
• Understanding Educational Measurement
  McDaniel, Ernest

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Course Design

• Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess and Document Learning
  Richlin, Laurie & Ronkowski, Shirley
• Handbook of College Science Teaching
  Mintzes, Joel
• How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course
  Caulfield, Jay & Aycock, Alan
• Idea-Based Learning:A Course Design Process to Promote Conceptual Understanding
  Hansen, Edmund
• Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice
  Weimer, Maryellen
• Meaningful Course Revision: Enhancing Academic Engagement Using Student Learning Data
  Wehlburg, Catherine
• Planning a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers & Trainers (The Complete Guide to Teaching a Course) 2nd Edition
  Forsyth, Ian; Jolliffe, Alan & Stevens, David
• Preparing a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers & Trainers (The Complete Guide to Teaching a Course) 2nd Edition *
  Forsyth, Ian; Jolliffe, Alan & Stevens, David
• Universal Design in Higher Education
  Burgstahler, Sheryl E. & Coy, Rebecca C.

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Critical Thinking

• The Complete Problem Solver
  Hayes, John R.
• The Courage to Create
  May, Rollo
• Creating Signification Learning Experiences
  Fink, L. Dee
• Creative Problem Solving: Thinking Skills for a Changing World
  Lumsdaine, Edward & Lumsdaine, Monica
• Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking and Active Learning in the Classroom
  Bean, John C.
• Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
  Nosich, Gerald M.
• The Minature Guide to Critical Thinking - Concepts and Tools
  Paul, Richard & Elder, Linda
• Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
  Hooks, Bell
• Understanding by Design
  Wiggins, Grant & McTighe, Jay

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Students

• Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
  Arum, Richard & Roksa, Josipa
• Adults as Learners
  Cross, K. Patricia
• The Art of Changing the Brain
  Zull, James E.
• Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
  Medina, John
• College Teaching and the Development of Reasoning
  Fuller, Robert G.; Campbell, Thomas C. & Dykstra, Jr. Dewey I.
• Coping with College: A Guide for Academic Success
  Hamachek, Alice L.
• Dyslexia, the Self and Higher Education
  Pollak, David
• Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind
  Tammet, Daniel
• From Brain to Mind
  Zull, James E.
• The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal
  Palmer, Parker J; Zajonc, Arthur; Nepo, Mark & Scribner, Megan
• How Minority Students Experience College
  Watson, Lemuel; Terrell, Melvin Cleveland; Wright, Doris J. & Bonner II, Fred A.
• How People Learn
  National Research Council
• Inspiring Students: Case Studies in Motivating the Learner
  Fallows, Stephen & Ahmet, Kemal
• iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind
  Small, Gary & Vorgan, Gigi
• Iconoclast
  Berns, Gregory
• Inquiry-Guided Learning, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No.129
  Lee, Virginia S.
• Knowing Knowledge
  Siemens, George
• Making Their Own Way
  Magdola, Marcia B. Baxter
• Most College Students are Women
  Allen, Jeanie K.; Bracken, Susan J.; Dean, Diane R. & Sadker, David
• My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
  Nathan, Rebekah
• The New Digital Shoreline
  McHaney, Roger & Daniel, Sir John
• Navigating Your Future: An Interactive Journey to Personal and Academic Success
  Colbert, Bruce J.
• Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work & Learn
  Davidson, Cathy N.
• Non-Western Educational Traditions: Indigenous Approaches to Educational Thought and Practice
  Regan, Timothy
• The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
  Carr, Nicholas
• Teaching Inclusively: Resources for Course, Department, and Institutional Change in Higher Education
  Ouellet, Mathew L.
• Thinking About Teaching and Learning
  Leamnson, Robert N.
• Thinking Fast and Slow
  Kahneman, Daniel
• Understanding the Working College Student
  Perna, Laura W. & Dubois, Glenn
• What Matters in College
  Astin, Alexander W.
• Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
  Baumeister, Roy F. & Tierney, John
• A Whole New Mind: Moving From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
  Pink, Daniel H.
• Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom
  Willingham, Daniel T.
• Your College Experience: Strategies for Success
  Gardner, John N.; Jewler, A. Jerome & Barefoot, Betsy O.

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Mentoring

• Advice for New Faculty Members
  Boice, Robert
• Career Strategies for Women in Academe: Arming Athena
  Collins, Lynn H.; Chrisler, Joan C.; & Quina, Kathryn
• The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars From Graduate School Through Tenure
  Goldsmith, John A.; Komlos, John & Gold, Penny Schine
• Common Sense Mentoring
  Ambrose, Larry
• The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars
  Bensimon, Estella Mara; Ward, Kelly & Sanders, Karla
• Getting Tenure (Survival Skills for Scholars)
  Whicker, Marcia Lynn; Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs & Strickland, Ruth Ann
• Giving and Getting Career Advice: A Guide for Junior and Senior Faculty (PDF)
  Smock, Pamela J. & Stephenson, Robin
• Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons From the First Year
  Lang, James
• Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
  Caplan, Paula J.
• The Mentee's Guide
  The Mentoring Group
• The Mentor's Guide
  The Mentoring Group
• The Mentoring Pocketbook
  Alred, Geof & Smith, Richard
• Preparing for Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review: A Faculty Guide
  Diamond, Robert M.
• Promotion and Tenure Confidential
  Perlmutter, David D.
• Strategies for Getting the Mentoring You Need
  The Mentoring Group
• Success and Survival Strategies for Women Faculty Members (PDF)
  Sandler, Bernice Resnick
• Teaching Your First College Class
  Lieberg, Carolyn
• Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks
  Belcher, Wendy Laura

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Online Teaching

• Applied E-Learning and E-Teaching in Higher Education
  Donnelly, Roisin & McSweeney, Fiona
• Building a Successful Online Course
  Heise, Karen & Haley, Ken
• Effective Online Teaching: Foundations and Strategies for Student Success
  Tina Stavredes
• Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course
  Elbaum, Bonnie; McIntyre, Cynthia & Smith. Alese
• Learning Networks: A Field Guide to Teaching and Learning Online
  Harasim, Linda Marie; Hiltz, Starr Roxanne & Teles, Lucio
• Teaching Literature & Language Online
  Lancashire, Ian

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Reflections

• Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
  Brookfield, Stephen D.
• Campus Progress
  Cambridge, Barbara
• The Courage to Teach
  Palmer, Parker
• Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education
  Nussbaum, Martha
• Good Start: A Guide for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges
  Gibson, Gerald
• High Impact Educational Practices
  Kuh, George D.
• Inspiring Teaching
  Roth, John
• The Knowledge Factory: Dismantling the Corporate University and Creating the True Higher Learning
  Anronowitz, Stanley
• Learning from Change
  DeZure, Deborah
• The Learning Paradigm College
  Tagg, John
• Peer Review of Teaching: A Sourcebook
  Van Note Chism, Nancy
• Rethinking Teaching in Higher Education
  Saroyan, A. & Amundsen, C.
• The Sustainability Curriculum
  Blewitt, J. & Cullingford, C.
• Teaching at the People's University
  Henderson, Bruce
• To Improve the Academy
  Lieberman, D. & Wehlburg, C.
• What the Best College Teachers Do
  Bain, Ken

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Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

• Action Learning and Action Research: Improving the Quality of Teaching & Learning
  Kember, David
• Balancing Acts: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Academic Careers
  Huber, Mary Taylor
• Campus Progress: Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  Cambridge, Barbara
• A Cross Section of Educational Research: Journal Articles for Discussion and Evaluation
  Lyne, Lawrence S.
• Disciplinary Styles in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Exploring Common Ground
  Huber, Mary Taylor & Morreale, Sherwyn P.
• Engaging Student Voices in the Study of Teaching and Learning
  Werder, Carmen; Otis, Megan M.; Hutchings, Pat & Huber, Mary Taylor
• Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning
  Weimer, Maryellen
• Exploring Signature Pedagogies Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind
  Gurung, Regan A. R.; Chick, Nancy L.; Haynie, Aeron & Ciccone, Anthony A.
• Landmark Issues in Teaching and Learning: A Look Back. New Directions in Teaching and Learning, No. 123
  Svinicki, Marilla & Wehlburg, Catherine M.
• Lesson Study: Using Classroom Inquiry to Improve Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
  Cerbin, Bill & Hutchings, Pat
• Opening Lines: Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  Hutchings, Pat
• Optimizing Teaching and Learning: Practicing Pedagogical Research
  Gurung, Regan A. R. & Schwartz, Beth M.
• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration & Impact
  Hutchings, Pat; Huber, Mary Taylor & Ciccone, Anthony
• Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarships to Improve Practice
  Menges, R. & Weiner, M.

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Teaching Strategies

• Basic Interviewing Skills: A Workbook for Practitioners
  Chang, Valerie Nash & Scott, Sheryn T.
• Beyond Bullet Points
  Atkinson, Cliff
• Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
  Marzano, Robert J. & Pollock, Jane E.
• Delivering a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers and Trainers
  Forsyth, Ian; Jolliffe, Alan & Stevens, David
• Evaluating a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers, & Trainers
  Forsyth, Ian; Jolliffe, Alan; Stevens, David
• Evidence-Based Teaching, New Directions for Teaching & Learning
  Buskist, William & Groccia, James E.
• First Order Principles for College Teachers
  Boice, Robert
• Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator: Evidence-Based Techniques in Teaching and Assessment
  Berk, Ronald A.
• Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice
  Weimer, Maryellen
• Mastering the Techniques of Teaching
  Lowman, Joseph
• The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity
  Frodeman, Robert; Thompson Klein, Julie & Mitcham, Carl
• A Portrait of the Student as Young Wolf: Motivating Undergraduates
  Lewes, Darby & Stiklus, Bobby
• The Power of Questions: A Guide to Teacher & Student Research
  Falk, Beverly & Blumenreich, Megan
• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design & Delivery
  Reynolds, Garr
• Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups to Learning Communities. New Directions for Teaching and Learning
  McGregor, Jean; Cooper, James L.; Smith, Karl A. & Robinson, Pamela
• Successful Beginnings for College Teaching
  McGlynn, Angela Provitera
• Teach Like a Champion
  Lemov, Doug & Atkins, Norman
• Teaching With Classroom Response Systems; Creating an Active Learning Environment
  Bruff, Derek
• Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors
  Nilson, Linda Burzotta
• Teaching Large Classes: Tools and Strategies (Survival Skills for Scholars)
  Carbone, Elise Lynn
• Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction
  Druger, Marvin; Siebert, Eleanor D.; & Crow, Linda W
• Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers
  McKeachie, Wilbert J. & Svinicki, Marilla
• Teaching Today's College Students
  McGlynn, Angela Provitera
• Teaching Unprepared Students
  Gabriel, Kathleen
• Teaching Within the Rhythms of the Semester
  Duffy, Donna Killian & Jones, Janet Wright
• Teaching Your First College Class
  Lieberg, Carolyn
• They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing
  Graff, Gerald & Birkenstein, Cathy
• Tools for Teaching
  Davis, Barbara Gross
  
• What's the Use of Lectures?
  Bligh, Donald

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