Teaching Tips
The CTE is always exploring ways to support teaching and learning at LCC. This section will be updated each month with new tips. If you have suggestions for teaching tip topics, do not hesitate to let us know via email. Thank you!
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Active Learning Strategies
- An Active Learning Strategy for Reviewing Course Material
- Peer Carding: A Strategy for Getting Students to Read Prior to Class
- Strategies for Increasing Class Participation
- Change-Ups
- Asking and Answering Questions
- Parking Lot
- Topic Lead-ins
- Making Lectures More Interactive
- Lecturing? Let Your Students Do the Work!
Assessment, Evaluation and Testing
- Determining a Grading System for Your Course
- A Strategy for Administering and Grading an Individual-Group Exam
- Strategies for Developing Assignments
- Guidelines for Developing Multiple Choice Questions
- General Guidelines for Developing Exams
- Tips on Constructing Tests
- Exam Checklist
- Collecting Student Feedback
- Using Ongoing Student Feedback to Reinforce Everyone's Role in the Course
- Helping Students Prepare for Exams
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
- Exam Feedback Questionnaire
- Strategies for Responding to Grade Change Requests
- Two For One: Combining Grading and Assessment in One Process
Classroom Management Issues
- Suggestions for Dealing with Monopolizing and/or Domineering Students
- Strategies for Improving Class Attendance
- Tips on Deterring Tardiness
- Managing Difficult Moments in the Classroom
- Attending to Sideline Conversations
Creating an Inclusive Classroom
- Tips for Teaching to a Diverse Student Body
- Specific Strategies for Engaging Students in Class Discussions
- Tips for Teaching the Adult Learner
- Understanding and Teaching the Millennial Learner
End of the Semester Activities
- Guiding Students through The Final Stretch
- Bringing Closure
- More Suggestions for Bringing Closure to Your Course
Getting Started
- Tips for Creating a Learner-Centered Syllabus
- Developing a Good Syllabus
- Strategies for Getting Your Students to Read The Syllabus
- Suggestions for the First Day of Class
- Icebreaker Activities
- What's In a Name? Strategies for Remembering Students' Names
- Strategies for Creating a Positive Learning Environment
- Establishing Ground Rules on the First (or Second) Day of Class
- Learning about Your Students through Bio Sheets
- Tips for New (and Not so New) Teachers
- More Tips for New Teachers
How Students Learn
- Tips for Using Brain-based Research to Strengthen Teaching & Learning
- Helping Learners Make Connections
- Helping Students Overcome the Illusion of Comprehension
- Punctuated Lectures
- Directed Paraphrasing
- Exit Tickets
- Strategies for Helping Students Take Better Notes in Class
- Strategies for Creating Activating Events
Miscellaneous Topics
- Getting Students to Read
- Preparing For When you Are Unprepared
- Tips for Staying Energized
- Tips for Using Humor in the Classroom
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty
Small Group Learning
- Suggestions for Determining Group Size and Forming Groups
- Getting Small Group Learning Off to a Good Start
- Small Group Learning Activities
Technologies for Teachers
- Making Video Viewing an Interactive Event
- Time Saving Tips for Online Teaching
- Tips for Communicating Online
- Basic Tips for Using PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Netiquette Policies
Writing Across the Curriculum Tips
- Setting Expectations for Writing
- Things to Include on Writing Assignment Handouts
- Using Writing to Reinforce Class Learning
- Responding to Student Writing: The Student Perspective
- Tips for Responding to Student Writing
- Tips for Preventing Plagiarism
- Helping Students Use Source Material in Their Writing
- Using APA Format
- Using MLA Format
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