Communicating Course Outcomes to Students - PDF

Making course outcomes clear to students helps everyone stay on track.

 

Preparing a Lesson: Part 1   -   PDF

Planning for effective instruction involves asking yourself important questions about course goals, organization of experiences, student practice, and evidence of learning.

 

Preparing a Lesson: Part 2   -   PDF

How does purposeful planning affect a typical 50-minute class session? This video illustrates how consideration of course goals, student experiences, and assessment helps sharpen the focus on student learning.

 

Scaffolding Content for Student Learning - PDF

Scaffold your course content to increase student learning.

 

Helping Students Develop Higher-Order Thinking Skills   -   PDF

Bloom’s Taxonomy illustrates a hierarchy of cognitive processes, and is often an underlying component of educational work. This taxonomy is a valuable resource that can help instructors align lectures, assignments, and exams with course goals.

 

Experts and Novices: Connections Make the Difference   -   PDF
As experts, instructors create and maintain a complex mental network of important facts, concepts, and procedures related to their content area. Learn strategies for helping novice learners make the same important connections.