<p> You go into teaching with high hopes: to inspire students, to motivate them to learn, to help them love your subject. Then you find yourself facing a crowd of expectant faces on the first day of the first semester, and you think “Now what do I do?” </p>
<p> Practical and lively, <i>On Course</i> is full of experience-tested, research-based advice for graduate students and new teaching faculty. It provides a range of innovative and traditional strategies that work well without requiring extensive preparation or long grading sessions when you’re trying to meet your own demanding research and service requirements. What do you put on the syllabus? How do you balance lectures with group assignments or discussions—and how do you get a dialogue going when the students won’t participate? What grading system is fairest and most efficient for your class? Should you post lecture notes on a website? How do you prevent cheating, and what do you do if it occurs? How can you help the student with serious personal problems without becoming overly involved? And what do you do about the student who won’t turn off his cell phone? </p>
<p> Packed with anecdotes and concrete suggestions, this book will keep both inexperienced and veteran teachers on course as they navigate the calms and storms of classroom life. </p>

On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching

Education & Teaching

Lang, James M.

Higher & Continuing Education

Harvard University Press

<p>You go into teaching with high hopes: to inspire students, to motivate them to learn, to help them love your subject. Then you find yourself facing a crowd of expectant faces on the first day of the first semester, and you think “Now what do I do?” </p>
<p>Practical and lively, <i>On Course</i> is full of experience-tested, research-based advice for graduate students and new teaching faculty. It provides a range of innovative and traditional strategies that work well without requiring extensive preparation or long grading sessions when you’re trying to meet your own demanding research and service requirements. What do you put on the syllabus? How do you balance lectures with group assignments or discussions―and how do you get a dialogue going when the students won’t participate? What grading system is fairest and most efficient for your class? Should you post lecture notes on a website? How do you prevent cheating, and what do you do if it occurs? How can you help the student with serious personal problems without becoming overly involved? And what do you do about the student who won’t turn off his cell phone? </p>
<p>Packed with anecdotes and concrete suggestions, this book will keep both inexperienced and veteran teachers on course as they navigate the calms and storms of classroom life.</p>

<p>Nearly three-quarters of college students cheat during their undergraduate careers, a startling number attributed variously to the laziness of today's students, their lack of a moral compass, or the demands of a hypercompetitive society. For James Lang, cultural or sociological explanations like these are red herrings. His provocative new research indicates that students often cheat because their learning environments give them ample incentives to try--and that strategies which make cheating less worthwhile also improve student learning. <i>Cheating Lessons </i>is a practical guide to tackling academic dishonesty at its roots.</p>
<p>Drawing on an array of findings from cognitive theory, Lang analyzes the specific, often hidden features of course design and daily classroom practice that create opportunities for cheating. Courses that set the stakes of performance very high, that rely on single assessment mechanisms like multiple-choice tests, that have arbitrary grading criteria: these are the kinds of conditions that breed cheating. Lang seeks to empower teachers to create more effective learning environments that foster intrinsic motivation, promote mastery, and instill the sense of self-efficacy that students need for deep learning.</p>
<p>Although cheating is a persistent problem, the prognosis is not dire. The good news is that strategies which reduce cheating also improve student performance overall. Instructors who learn to curb academic dishonesty will have done more than solve a course management problem--they will have become better educators all around.</p>

Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty

Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year

<p>In this fast-paced and lively account, Jim Lang asks―and mostly answers―the questions that confront every new faculty member as well as those who dream of becoming new faculty members: Will my students like me? Will my teaching schedule allow me time to do research and write? Do I really want to spend the rest of my life in this profession? Is anyone awake in the backrow?</p>
<p>Lang narrates the story of his first year on the tenure track with wit and wisdom, detailing his moments of confusion, frustration, and even elation―in the classroom, at his writing desk, during his office hours, in departmental meetings―as well as his insights into the lives and working conditions of faculty in higher education today. Engaging and accessible, <i>Life on the Tenure Track</i> will delight and enlighten faculty, graduate students, and administrators alike.</p>

Johns Hopkins University Press

<b>Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every day</b> <p>Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom. In <i>Small Teaching,</i> James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference―many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. These strategies are designed to bridge the chasm between primary research and the classroom environment in a way that can be implemented by any faculty in any discipline, and even integrated into pre-existing teaching techniques. Learn, for example: </p>
<ul>
<li>How does one become good at retrieving knowledge from memory?</li> <li>How does making predictions now help us learn in the future?</li> <li>How do instructors instill fixed or growth mindsets in their students?</li> </ul>
<p>Each chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive theory, explains when and how it should be employed, and provides firm examples of how the intervention has been or could be used in a variety of disciplines. Small teaching techniques include brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or communication with students.</p>

Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

Small Teaching Online

<p><b>Find out how to apply learning science in online classes</b></p> <p>The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course. This book offers small teaching strategies that will positively impact the online classroom. </p> <p>This book outlines practical and feasible applications of theoretical principles to help your online students learn. It includes current best practices around educational technologies, strategies to build community and collaboration, and minor changes you can make in your online teaching practice, small but impactful adjustments that result in significant learning gains.</p> <p>• Explains how you can support your online students<br> • Helps your students find success in this non-traditional learning environment<br> • Covers online and blended learning<br> • Addresses specific challenges that online instructors face in higher education</p> <p><i>Small Teaching Online</i> presents research-based teaching techniques from an online instructional design expert and the bestselling author of <i>Small Teaching.</i></p>

Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes

Computers & Technology

Darby, Flower

Software

Jossey-Bass

<p>Product Description      <br />
A freshly updated edition featuring research-based teaching techniques that faculty in any discipline can easily implement <br />
Research into how we learn can help facilitate better student learning―if we know how to apply it. Small Teaching fills the gap in higher education literature between the primary research in cognitive theory and the classroom environment. In this book, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of small but powerful changes that make a big difference―many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. These are simple interventions that can be integrated into pre-existing techniques, along with clear descriptions of how to do so. Inside, you’ll find brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or student communication. These small tweaks will bring your classroom into alignment with the latest evidence in cognitive research. <br />
Each chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive research that has implications for classroom teaching, explains the rationale for offering it within a specific time period in a typical class, and then provides concrete examples of how this intervention has been used or could be used by faculty in a variety of disciplines. The second edition features revised and updated content including a newly authored preface, new examples and techniques, updated research, and updated resources.  \nHow can you make small tweaks to your teaching to bring the latest cognitive science into the classroom? <br />
How can you help students become good at retrieving knowledge from memory? <br />
How does making predictions now help us learn in the future? <br />
How can you build community in the classroom? \nHigher education faculty and administrators, as well as K-12 teachers and teacher trainers, will love the easy-to-implement, evidence-based techniques in Small Teaching. <br />
      From the Inside Flap      <br />
While cognitive research advances rapidly with every passing year, few resources demonstrate how to bridge the gap between cognitive theory and the real-world classroom environment. In the newly revised Second Edition of Small Teaching, distinguished professor James M. Lang delivers an up-to-date review of research-based teaching techniques that can be implemented by faculty in any discipline. The book connects powerful new research from cognitive theory with practical strategies for deploying these insights in a modern classroom.<br />
Full of simple interventions that can be integrated into a pre-existing curriculum, author James M. Lang draws on his extensive experience teaching in-person and online to offer you in-classroom and online activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications that will have a major impact on your students. <br />
You’ll learn how to help your students excel at retrieving knowledge from memory, use mindful practice to build cognitive skills, and make meaningful connections to course content. You’ll also discover how to build a community in your classroom, both online and in-person, and how to foster the motivation to learn in your students. <br />
This new edition features revised and updated content, including a new preface, new techniques and examples, updated research, and new resources. Every chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive and educa-tional research with major implications for classroom teaching, explains how to implement it at a particular point in time, and offers concrete examples of how the intervention could be useful in your discipline.<br />
      From the Back Cover      <br />
Turn cognitive theory into straightforward classroom interventions that work in any discipline<br />
“Small Teaching is a treasure trove of information expertly laid out for busy faculty members. Given the small investment needed to implement the ideas in this book, along with the massive returns you will see in student learning, Small Teaching will easily be the best book</p>

<p>Cognitive science research-based teaching techniques any educator can implement in their K-8 classroom<br />
In Small Teaching K-8, a team of veteran educators bridges the gap between cognitive theory and the K-8 classroom environment, applying the same foundational research found in author James Lang’s bestselling Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning to the elementary and middle school setting. Via clear descriptions and step-by-step methods, the book demonstrates how to integrate simple interventions into pre-existing pedagogical techniques to dramatically improve student outcomes.<br />
The interventions consist of classroom or online learning activities, one-time additions, or small modifications in course design or communication. Regardless of their form, they all deliver powerful, positive consequences.<br />
In this book, readers will also find: Foundational concepts from up-to-date cognitive research that has implications for classroom teaching and the rationales for using them in a K-8 classroom Concrete examples of how interventions have been used by faculty in various disciplines Directions on the specific timing of each intervention, backed by evidence-based reasons<br />
An essential resource for K-8 educators seeking ways to improve their efficacy in the classroom, Small Teaching K-8 offers teachers intuitive and actionable advice on helping students absorb and retain knowledge for the long-term.\nFrom the Back Cover\nImplement simple classroom changes with powerful results<br />
Small Teaching K–8 is a simple and accessible roadmap to improved student outcomes. Full of quick wins and bite-sized advice―all of which are based on the latest cognitive research―the authors, accomplished educator Sarah Connell Sanders and bestselling author James M. Lang, walk you through the incremental steps necessary to transform your classroom into a fun and engaging place of efficient learning.<br />
Based on the same effective approach found in Lang’s bestselling Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, this book contains evocative storytelling, compelling anecdotes, and approachable guidance designed to make cutting-edge learning theory and research available to frontline educators. The advice found within can be applied immediately to any K–8 classroom for instant and measurable results.<br />
“ In Small Teaching K–8, educators Sarah Sanders and James Lang present practical class activities that boost student learning―including quick tips and templates for implementing retrieval practice and interleaving. They draw on the experiences of classroom teachers, particularly in early childhood education, to illustrate how easy it is to take learning to the next level in five minutes or less.”<br />
―DR. POOJA K. AGARWAL, cognitive scientist and co-author of Powerful Teaching<br />
“ Small Teaching K–8: Igniting the Teaching Spark with the Science of Learning is full of practical, useful, and well-researched ideas that help both novice and veteran teachers incorporate small instructional strategies that will have a big impact on K–8 student learning. Sarah Connell Sanders has crafted an engaging and thoughtful guide to effective and time-efficient instruction that draws not only from her own impressive classroom instruction, but also from the insights of numerous outstanding educators and researchers. In all, Small Teaching K–8: Igniting the Teaching Spark with the Science of Learning is a terrific contribution to classroom instructional practices and an invaluable resource for elementary and middle-school teachers.”<br />
―TOM DACCORD, co-founder, EdTechTeacher</p>

Small Teaching K-8: Igniting the Teaching Spark with the Science of Learning

Science & Math

Sanders, Sarah Connell

Behavioral Sciences

<p><div> <div><b>Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions -- which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems.</b></div> </div> <div><b><br /></b></div> <div>Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus. The logical response is to ban electronics in class.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>But acclaimed educator James M. Lang argues that this solution obscures a deeper problem: how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>In <i>Distracted</i>, Lang rethinks the practice of teaching, revealing how educators can structure their classrooms less as distraction-free zones and more as environments where they can actively cultivate their students' attention.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Brimming with ideas and grounded in new research, <i>Distracted</i> offers an innovative plan for the most important lesson of all: how to learn.</div></p>

Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

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On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching

On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching

Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty

Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year

Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year

Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning

Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes

Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning

Small Teaching K-8: Igniting the Teaching Spark with the Science of Learning

Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It