Here are some webpages with information for educators.

Pages should be useful in your teaching.  You may want to share some information with your students (such as test-taking tips from Northern Illinois University).

Models of Teaching.  An overview of models of teaching; includes information about each "family" of teaching models:  http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/cooplrn/b3.html

A Collection of Best Practices in College Teaching.  Visit this site:  http://www.fctel.uncc.edu/pedagogy/basicscoursedevelop/BestPractices.html

Information on improving lectures and class discussions as well as planning class.  Site of Searle Center for Teaching Excellence of Northwestern University; see sections on literature on teaching-learning and links. Visit  http://teach.northwestern.edu/S2_resources.html

Teach Smart Learn Easy website developed by nurse educator, Rosalinda Alfaro-Lefevre.  Information about critical thinking (her expertise) and links to various education sites. Visit  http://alfaroteachsmart.com 

Teaching tips from Honolulu Community College, University of Hawaii.  Topics include:  (1) Assessment Techniques, (2) Communication, (3) Core Abilities, (4) Course Design, (5) Dealing with Stress, (6) Difficult Behaviors, (7) Feel Good about Teaching, (8) The First Day, (9) How People Learn, (10) Human Development, (11) Motivating Students, (12) Preparing a Lesson Plan, (13) Preparing a Course Syllabus, (14) Teaching Organization, (15) Teaching Techniques, (16) Using Questions Effectively, (17) Loretta's Training Center (with lots of additional information and websites).  Visit http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm

Teaching tips from the University of Virginia Center for Teaching Excellence.  Topics include information about both traditional and online teaching. Visit http://trc.virginia.edu/Publications/Teaching_Concerns/TC_Topic.htm

The Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas has tips for Graduate Teaching Assistants. Topics are timely for beginning teachers. http://www.cte.ku.edu/

Need More Information about Studying and Testing (for you and your students)? Try these websites.

Study guides and strategies on a wide variety of topics of interest to students including reading skills, writing (research) papers, and test taking. http://www.studygs.net

Testing tips from Northern Illinois University (geared to test-takers): http://www3.niu.edu/testing/stress.htm

This page maintained by Elizabeth N. Stokes, estokes@astate.edu

last updated:  September 5, 2007