Workshops on Teaching for Faculty and Graduate Students

Over the last several years, I have designed and facilitated a variety of workshops on teaching issues for faculty and graduate students for

• the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching,
• the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics,
• the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, and
• the Harvard Department of Mathematics.

Multi-Discipline Talks

Some of these workshops were designed for instructors of any discipline. Topics for these workshop have included the following. (Links lead to teaching guides I have written on these topics.)

• Advising and Mentoring Undergraduates
• Classroom Assessment Techniques
• Classroom Response Systems
• Cooperative Learning in Quantitative Courses
• Course Design
• Distance Education
• Motivating Students
• TAs and Their Supervisors
• Teaching in the American Classroom
• Teaching Graduate Students
• Teaching Portfolios
• Teaching Problem Solving
• Teaching with Technology
• Vanderbilt Policies and Resources
• Writing Exams and Quizzes

Mathematics Talks

Other workshops were designed specifically for mathematics instructors. Topics for these workshops have included the following. (Links lead to teaching guides I have written on these topics.)

• Grading
• Interactive Teaching
• Lesson Planning
• Motivating Students
• Presentation Skills
• Student-Centered Instruction
• Teaching Goals
• Teaching Problem Solving
• Teaching with Technology
• Understanding Your Students

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Last updated January 3, 2007.

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