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The packets are composed of past Essays on Teaching Excellence, a POD Network publication series.  Written by expert scholar-practitioners, these thoughtful and succinct essays consist of two pages each.  

Packet #1:    Alternatives to Traditional Teaching Methods and Learning Strategies:

Writing to Learn, Judith and Calvin Kalman

Learning Outside the Box: Making Connections between Co-Curricular Activities & the Curriculum, Myra Wilhite & Liz Banset

Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning, Deborah DeZure

Active Learning Beyond the Classroom, Edward Neal

Mentorship in the Classroom: Making the Implicit Explicit, Deanna Martin, Robert Blanc, David Arendale

Risky Business: Making active learning a reality, Charles C. Bonwell

Spectators and Gladiators: Reconnecting the students with the problem, John Boehrer

PACKET #2: COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, SMALL GROUPS

Problem Based Learning: Preparing Students to Succeed in the 21st Century Barbara J. Duch, Deborah E. Allen, & Harold B. White, III

Three Keys to Using Learning Groups Effectively, Larry K. Michaelson

Collaborative Learning: Reframing the Classroom, Jean MacGregor

PACKET #3:  CRITICAL THINKING

Critical Thinking Requires Critical Questioning, Karen J. Thoms

But How Do We Get Them to Think? Carol A. Weiss

Building Confidence and Community in the Classroom, J. Dennis Huston

Critical Thinking by Design, Joanne Gainen Kurfiss

Leading the Seminar: Graduate and Undergraduate, Ed Neal

PACKET #4:  DEFINING AND CHARACTERIZING TEACHING

The Nature of Expertise: Implications for Teachers and Teaching, Ronald A. Smith & Richard G. Tiberius

Developing a Philosophy of Teaching Statement, Nancy Van Note Chism

Metaphors We Teach By: Understanding Ourselves as Teachers and Learners, Mary Ann Bowman

Competence is what you do when you make a mistake, Ronald A. Smith

Teaching with Style: The Integration of Teaching and Learning Styles in the Classroom, Anthony F. Grasha

The Teaching Portfolio, Peter Seldin & Linda Annis

Good Teaching: A Matter of Living the Mystery, Parker J. Palmer

Forward to Aristotle: Teaching as the highest form of understanding, Russell Edgarton

Teaching: Beliefs and Behaviors, Robert J. Menges

PACKET #5:  DIVERSITY ISSUES

Class in the Classroom, Lee Warren, Harvard University

Deconstructing Bias and Reconstructing Equitable Classrooms, Laura L. B. Borden University of Colorado at Boulder 

Teaching Controversial Issues, Suzanne Cherrin, University of Delaware

Impediments to Teaching a Culturally Diverse Undergraduate Population, Barbara Solomon, Graduate Dean, USC at Los Angeles

Tales told out of school: Women's reflections on their undergraduate experience, Blythe Clinchy, Wellesley College

Academic Culture: The Hidden Curriculum, Maurianne Adams, University of Massachusetts

PACKET #6:  GRADING, TESTING, AND ASSESSMENT

Student's Reactions to Performance-Based Versus Traditional Objective Assessment, Anthony L. Truog, Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

I'd like to use essay tests, but...., Marilla Svinicki, University of Texas at Austin

Course Tests: Integral Features of Instruction, OhmerMilton, Emeritus Professor, University of Tennessee

In the Name of the Student..., Rita Rodabaugh, Florida International University

Teaching Goals, Assessment: Academic Freedom and Higher Learning, Thomas Angelo, Boston College 

PACKET #7:  INTRODUCTORY COURSES/GENERAL EDUCATION

What did I do right in one freshman seminar? What did I do wrong in another? What will I do next time? Richard L. Schoenwald, Carnegie Mellon University

Helping First-Year Students Study, Part I, Bette LaSere Erickson, University of Rhode Island

Helping First-Year Students Study, Part II, Bette LaSere Erickson, University of Rhode Island

Disciplinary Cultures and General Education: What can we learn from our learners? Sheila Tobias

The Challenge of Teaching the Introductory-level Course, Delivee L. Wright, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Phenomenon of Large Classes and Practical Suggestions for Teaching Them,Frank Gillespie, The University of Georgia   

PACKET #8:  MOTIVATING STUDENTS

The Uses of Uncertainty in the College Classroom Virginia S. Lee, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Relating Student Experience to Courses and the Curriculum, Virginia S. Lee, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Critical Match Between Motivation to Learn and Motivation to Teach, Ronald Teeples and Harvey Wiebman, Claremont McKenna College

Mistakes and Other Classroom Techniques, Harriet C. Edwards, California State University-Fullerton

Learning a Lot vs. Looking Good: A Source of Anxiety for Students, Anastasia S. Hagen, University of Texas

PACKET #9:  THE STUDENT/TEACHER RELATIONSHIP

Listening in the Classroom: A Two-way Street, Elisa Carbone, University of Maryland University College

Academic Civility Begins in the Classroom, Roger G. Baldwin, The College of William & Mary

Cracks in the Ivory Tower: Conflict Management in the Classroom and Beyond, Susan A. Holton, Bridgewater State College

Power in College Teaching, Linc. Fisch

Never in a Class by Themselves:  An Examination of Behaviors Affecting the Student-Professor Relationship, David J Walsh & Mary Jo Maffei, Management, Miami University

The Why of Student/Teacher Relationships, Richard G. Tiberius, University of Toronto

PACKET #10:  CHANGE, RENEWAL AND THE PROFESSORIAT 

Ten Qualities of Self Renewing Faculty, Frederick M. Hudson, President of The Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, California and author of The Adult Years: Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal. 

Rethinking What It Means to Be a Scholar, R. Eugene Rice, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Why Professors Don't Change,  Loren Ekroth, University of Hawaii at Manoa

PACKET #11:  ESSAYS ON TEACHING EXCELLENCE

Changing Student Learning Behavior Outside of Class, Graham Gibbs, Open University, United Kingdom

Higher Level Learning:  A Taxonomy for Identifying Different Kinds of Significant Learning, L. Dee Fink, University of Oklahoma

Living up to Expectations, Steven M. Richardson, Winona State University

Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment, Terrie Nolinske, Lincoln Park Zoo and Consultant in Professional Development

Fostering Students' Moral Development, Lion F. Gardiner, Rutgers University

Helping Students (Better) Evaluate and Validate WWW Resources, David Graf, Nova Southeastern University

Foundations of Collaboration, Gail G. Muir, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona; Sally S. Blake, University of Texas at El Paso

The Legacy of John Dewey, David Halliburton, Stanford University

PACKET #12:  TEACHING

Teaching with Hospitality, John B. Bennett, Quinnipiac College

Teaching in Action:  Multicultural Education as the Highest Form of Understanding, Christine A. Stanley, Texas A&M University

Academic Service-Learning:  Myths, Challenges, and Recommendations, Jeffrey Howard, University of Michigan

Classroom Assessment: Guidelines for Success, Thomas A. Angelo, The School for New Learning, DePaul University