Teaching Methods
Fine-tuning your approaches to class time? This section provides ideas on how to use varied teaching methods to increase student engagement and improve student learning. Throughout these resources, we suggest strategies for combining a range of teaching methods that fit your teaching style and course objectives.
- Active Learning
- Active Learning with Clickers
- Best Practices for Using Clickers
- Poll Everywhere Points of Contact
- Clicker Questions
- Clicker Activities
- Incorporating Clicker Questions and Activities
- Suggested Syllabus Langauge
- Disciplinary Resources for Clickers
- Request for iClicker Information
- iClicker Helpsheets
- Information on Various Clickers (Polling Softwares)
- Teaching with Discussions
- Group Work
- Active Learning with Clickers
- Inclusive Teaching and Learning
- Course Design and Preparation
- Designing a Course
- Constructing a Syllabus
- Syllabus Template
- Tips for Faculty Teaching for the First Time
- Getting Ready for your Role as an Assistant in Instruction
- Using Class Time Effectively on Day One
- Structuring an Introductory Lecture Course
- Developing Course Policies on Laptops & Mobile Devices
- Writing Assignments and Feedback
- Teaching Methods
- Digital Pedagogy
- Undergraduate Research
- Feedback on Teaching
- Teaching @ WashU
- Academic Job Market Materials
- Resources for Assistants in Instruction