Methods of Instruction

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Overview

Lecture

Discussion

Questioning

Reading

Teaching with Writing

Large Classes

Use of Small Groups

Teaching with Technology and Media

Personalized System of Instruction

 

 

Overview       [Outline] [Top]

 

Feden, P. D. (1994). About instruction: Powerful new strategies worth knowing. Educational Horizons, 73, 18-24.

 

Fuhrmann, B. S. & Grasha, A. F. (1983). Cognitive perspective on learning: Classroom applications. In A practical handbook for college teachers (pp.42-66). Boston, Little, Brown, and Company.

 

Furhmann, B. S. & Grasha, A. G. (1983). Behaviorist and humanistic perspectives on learning: Classroom applications. In A practical handbook for college teachers (pp.68-100). Boston, Little, Brown, and Company.

 

Magolda, M. B. (2000). Teaching to promote holistic learning and development. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 82, 88-99.

 

Mayer, R. E. (1992) Cognition and instruction: Their historic meeting within educational psychology. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 405-412.

 

McKeachie, W. J., Pintrich, P. R., Lin, Y., Smith, D. A. F. & Sharma, R. A. (1994). From teaching and learning in the college classroom: A review of the literature. In K. A. Feldman, & M. B. Paulsen, (Eds.), Teaching and learning in the college classroom (pp. 75-114). Needham, MA: Ginn Press.

 

Lecture       [Outline] [Top]

 

Gullette, M. M. (Ed.). (1984). The art and craft of teaching. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Hoover, K. H. (1980). College teaching today: A handbook for postsecondary instruction. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

 

Anxiety

 

Bernstein, D. A. (1983, December). Dealing with teaching anxiety. Journal of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 4-7.

 

Gilovich, T. & Savitsky, K. (1999). The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency: Egocentric assessments of how we are seen by others. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 165-168.

 

Motley, M. T. (1990). Public speaking anxiety qua performance anxiety: A revised model and an alternative therapy. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 5, 85-104.

 

Motley, M. T. (1988, January). Taking the terror out of talk. Psychology Today, 22 (1), 46-49.

 

How To

 

Cashin, W. E. (1990). Improving lectures. In M. Weimer and R. A. Neff (Eds.) Teaching college: Collected readings for the new instructor (pp. 59-63). Madison, WI: Magna.

 

Davis, B. G. (1993). Delivering a lecture. In Tools for teaching (pp. 111-119). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Lowman, J. (1995). Analyzing and improving classroom performance. In Mastering the techniques of teaching (2nd Ed., pp. 99-157). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Lecturing. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 66-83). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Office of Instructional & Management Services. (1983). The Assessment and improvement of instruction: Improving your lectures. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

Svinicki, M. (1990). How to pace your lectures. In M. Weimer and R. A. Neff (Eds.) Teaching college: Collected readings for the new instructor (pp. 59-63). Madison, WI: Magna.

 

Discussion       [Outline] [Top]

 

Davis, B. G. (1993). Leading a discussion. In Tools for teaching (pp. 63-90). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Gullette, M. M. (1992, March/April) Leading discussion in a lecture course: Some maxims and an exhortation. Change, 24 (2), 32-39.

 

Hoover, K. H. (1980). Discussion Methods. In College teaching today: A handbook for postsecondary instruction (pp. 120-149). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Lowman, J. (1995). Enhancing learning through classroom discussion. In Mastering the techniques of teaching (2nd Ed., 151-191). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Facilitating discussion: Posting problems, listening, questioning. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 44-64). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Welty, W. M. (1989, July/August). Discussion method teaching: How to make it work. Change, 21 (4), 41-49.

 

Questioning       [Outline] [Top]

 

Hoover, K. H. (1976). Questioning srategies. In College teaching today (pp. 101-119). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Learning Reseach Center/The University of Tennessee. (1989). Any questions, please? Teaching Learning Issues, 66, 1-27.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Facilitating discussion: Posting problems, listening, questioning. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. (10th Ed., pp. 44-64). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Office of Instructional & Management Services. (1983). Effective classroom questioning. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 

Reading       [Top]

 

Morgan, C. & Deese, J. (1969). How to study (2nd Ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Teaching students how to learn more from textbooks and other reading. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 143-147). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Teaching with Writing       [Top]

 

Bazerman, C. (1981). What written knowledge does: Three examples of academic discourse. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 11, 361-387.

 

Bean, J. C. (1996). Engaging ideas: The professor’s guide to integrating writing, critical thinking, and active learning in the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Davis, B. G. (1993). Helping students write better in all courses. In Tools for teaching (pp. 205-229). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Dubrow, H. (1984). Teaching essay-writing in a liberal arts curriculum. In M. M. Gullette (Ed.) The art and craft of teaching (pp. 88-102). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

 

Gottschalk, K. K. (1984). Writing in a non-writing class: I’d love to teach writing but … In F. V. Bogel & K. K Gottschalk (Eds.) Teaching prose: A guide for writing instructors. New York: Norton.

 

Hettich, P. (1990). Journal writing: Old fare or novelle cuisine? Teaching of Psychology, 17, 36-39.

 

Hettrich, P. (1985). The journal: An autobiographical approach to learning. In L.T. Benjamin, Jr., R. S. Danile, & C. L. Brewer (Eds.) Handbook for teaching introductory psychology (pp. 139-142). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Hinkle, S. & Hinkle, A. (1990). An experimental comparison of the effects of focused free-writing and other study strategies on lecture comprehension. Teaching of Psychology, 17, 31-35.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Teaching students to learn through writing: Papers, journals, and reports. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 132-142). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Large Classes       [Outline] [Top]

 

Benjamin, L. T. (1991). Personalization and active learning in the large introductory psychology class. Teaching of Psychology, 18, 68-74.

 

Carbone, E. (1999). Students behaving badly in large classes. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 77, 35-43.

Lewis, K. G. (1982). The large (100+) class in the university: A study of the instructional techniques used and instructor/student attitudes toward such classes. Austin, TX: Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Texas at Austin.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Class size and sectional courses. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 201-208). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Teaching large classes (you can still get active learning). Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 209-214). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Use of Small Groups       [Outline] [Top]

 

Giordan, P. J. & Hammer, E. Y. (1999). In-class collaborative learning: Practical suggestions from the teaching trenches. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 42-44.

 

McKeachie, W. J. (1999). Peer learning, collaborative learning, and cooperative learning. Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (10th Ed., pp. 158-166). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Meyers, S. A. (1997). Increasing student participation and productivity in small-group activities for psychology class. Teaching of Psychology, 24, 105-115.

 

Smith, K. A. (2000). Going deeper: Formal small-group learning in large classes. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 45, 87-109.

 

Teaching with Technology and Media       [Outline] [Top]

 

Bass, R. J. (2000). Technology, evaluation, and the visibility of teaching and learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 83, 35-50.

 

Erwin, T. D., & Rieppi, R. (1999). Comparing multimedia and traditional approaches in undergraduate psychology classes. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 58-61.

 

Forsyth, D. R. & Archer, C. R. (1997). Technologically assisted instruction and student mastery, motivation, and matriculation. Teaching of Psychology, 24, 207-212.

 

Fuhrmann, B. S. & Grasha, A. F. (1983). Using media in the classroom. A practical handbook for college teachers (pp. 221-246). Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.

 

Gandolfo, A. (1998). Brave new world? The challenge of technology to time-honored pedagogies and traditional structures. New directions for teaching and learning, 76, 23-38.

 

Kruger, K. (2000). Using information technology to create communities of learners. New Directions for Higher Education, 109, 59-70.

 

Kussmaul, C. & Dunn, J. (1996). Using technology in education. College Teaching, 44, 123-127.

 

Laurillard, D. (1999). Using communications and information technology effectively. In W. J. McKeachie (Ed.) Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (pp. 183-200). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Plous, S. (2000). Tips on creating and maintaining an educational world wide web site. Teaching of Psychology, 27, 63-70.

 

Pychyl, T. A., Clarke, D., & Abarbanel, T. (1999). Computer-mediated group projects: Facilitating collaborative learning with the world wide web. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 138-141.

 

Sorensen, J. L. (1985). Increasing the relevance of the media to psychology courses. In L.T. Benjamin, Jr., R. S. Danile, & C. L. Brewer (Eds.) Handbook for teaching introductory psychology (pp. 150-154). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

 

Note: Teaching of Psychology has a section in every journal on using technology in the classroom

 

Personalized System of Instruction       [Outline] [Top]

 

Keller, F. (1968). Good-bye teacher… Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 78-89.

 

Kulick, J. A., Kulik, C., & Carmichael, K. (1974). The Keller plan in science teaching. Science, 183, 379-383.

 

Kulik, J. A., Kulik, C. C., & Cohen, P. A. (1979). A meta-analysis of outcome studies of Keller’s personalized system of instruction. American Psychologist, 34, 307-318.

 

McMichael, J. S. & Corey, J. R. (1969). Contingency management in an introductory psychology produces better learning. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2, 79-83.

 

Sherman, J. G. (1974). Personalized System of Instruction: 41 Germinal Papers. W. A. Benjamin Co.

 

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