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How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation
Robert J. Nash, DeMethra LaSha Bradley, Arthur W. Chickering
Jossey-Bass, 2008

 In "How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus" the authors show how to engage in productive, civil dialogue on the most difficult religious, social, political, and cultural matters.

 

What the Best Teachers Do
Ken Bain
Harvard University Press, 2005

What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields...

Start with a Story
Clyde F. Herreid
Book News, Inc. Portland, 2007

Sixty-three essays published as columns in the National Science Teacher's Association publication Journal of College Science Teaching are presented here, explicating how to use case studies to teach science at the undergraduate level. Herreid argues that students are not learning in science classes and that use of case studies can create more effective educational environments.

Introduction to Rubrics
Dannelle Stevens and Antonia Levi
Stylus Publishing. 2005

This book defines what rubrics are, and how to construct them.  Rubrics are an assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback, and promote student learning.

 

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