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Katerina O. Sinclair
Resources Regarding Teaching

These are some of the best sites I've found to help improve teaching. For sites regarding teaching statistics please see the Resources Regarding Statistics page.

General Resources
• McKeachie's Teaching Tips
A great reference book filled with practical suggestions.
• Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
Resources for faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants.
• University Libraries Instructional Programs
Creating Objectives and Goals
• Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Note the difference between lower and higher levels of cognition, which generally corresponds to the level of the course.
• Writing Learning Outcomes for the Core Curriculum
• Writing Instructional Objectives
Classroom Learning and Teaching Assessment
• Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide
• Student Assessment of Learning Gains
• SEEQ Mid-Semester Evaluation
• Student Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness
Teaching Large Courses
• A Survival Handbook for Teaching Large Classes
From the Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC Charlotte.
• Teaching Large Classes
Resources from the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Maryland.
• Teaching Large Classes
Resources from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at the Pennsylvania State University.
Teaching with Technology
• Teaching and Learning with Technology
Good links and free technology training for Penn State graduate students and faculty.
• Faculty Multimedia Center
Contains information about how to create videos, podcasts, and other media that may enhance your courses.
• ANGEL: Course Management System
A secure site that allows for online class discussions, posting grades and assignments, and much more.
• MediaTech
Catalogue of media and technology at Penn State.
Teaching about Sexuality
• APA Task Force on Diversity Education Resources
Great resources!
• Lesson Plans from Advocates for Youth
All kinds of sex and sexuality topics.
• The Development of Sexual Orientation: A Teaching Resource
By Lynn A. Elmore
• Sexual-orientation issues can be easily integrated into many classes
By APA.
• Potential Readings on LGB Issues for Graduate Clinical and Counseling Programs
Compiled by AFFIRM: Psychologists Affirming Their LGB Family
• The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
• Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab
Diana Sanchez's lab at Rutgers. Good links.
• GayData.Org
Compiled by Randall L. Sell.
Teaching about Diverse Populations and Culture
• APA Task Force on Diversity Education Resources
Great resources!
• Tips for incorporating culture in class
By APA
• Expanding the Psychology Curriculum: An Annotated-Bibliography on Diversity in Psychology
By APA
• Disability as diversity: a guide for class discussion
By APA
• Talking about prejudice can be a powerful teaching tool
By APA
• Enriching the focus on ethnicity and race
By APA
• Sparking discussions on gender in your class
By APA
• Stigma, Health, and Close Relationships Lab
Diana Sanchez's lab at Rutgers. Good links.
Teaching Diverse Student Populations
• Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom
By Barbara Groos Davis.
• Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
A fantastic book by bell hooks.
• Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the College Classroom
• The Chilly Climate: Subtle Ways in Which Women are Often Treated Differently at Work and in Classrooms
By Bernice Sandler
• Diversity Resources for Teaching in science, technology, engineering, and math
By the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• Teaching Diverse Students
From the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.