IDEA Papers

The following IDEA Papers are currently available: IDEA Papers are small works, usually 4-6 pages, concerning a wide variety of Faculty Evaluation and Development issues. In most cases, the topic of each work should be easily obtained from the title. Please direct any questions to the Center.

No. 1:	Motivating Students, Cashin
No. 3:	Improving Academic Advising, Grites
No. 4:	Classroom Observation Techniques, Acheson
No. 7:	A Guide to Clinical Performance Testing, Whitman
No. 8:	Questioning in the College Classroom, Hyman
No. 12:	Court Challenges to Tenure, Promotion, and Retention Decisions, Seldin
No. 14:	Improving Lectures, Cashin
No. 15:	Improving Discussions, Cashin and McKnight
No. 16:	Improving Multiple-Choice Tests, Clegg and Cashin
No. 17:	Improving Essay Tests, Cashin
No. 18:	Matching Instructional Objectives, Subject Matter, Tests, and Score Interpretations, Hanna and Cashin
No. 19:	Improving College Grading, Hanna and Cashin
No. 20:	Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of the Research, Cashin
No. 21:	Defining and Evaluating College Teaching, Cashin
No. 22:	Student Ratings of Teaching: Recommendations for Use, Cashin
No. 24:	Improving Instructors' Speaking Skills, Goulden
No. 25:	Improving Student Writing, Smit
No. 26:	Improving Student Reading, Maleki and Heerman
No. 27:	Writing a Syllabus, Altman and Cashin
No. 28:	Periodicals Related to College Teaching, Cashin and Clegg
No. 29:	Teaching Adult Students, Polson
No. 30:	Readings to Improve Selected Teaching Methods, Cashin
No. 31:	Answering and Asking Questions, Cashin
No. 32:	Student Ratings of Teaching: The Research Revisited, Cashin
No. 33:	Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation System, Cashin
No. 34:	Focusing On Active, Meaningful Learning, Stalheim-Smith
No. 35	Department Level Assessment: Promoting Continuous Improvement, Hatfield
No. 36	Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings, Hoyt and Pallett    Appendix A  Appendix B  Appendix C  Appendix D
No. 37	Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills, Lynch and Wolcott
No. 38	Enhancing Learning - and More! - Through Cooperative Learning, Millis
No. 39	Establishing Rapport: Personal Interaction and Learning, Fleming
No. 40	Getting Students to Read: Fourteen Tips, Hobson
No. 41	Student Goal Orientation, Motivation, and Learning, Svinicki (Anker Publishing)
No. 42	Integrated Course Design, Fink (Amazon.com or Wiley Publishing)
No. 43	The Technology Literate Professorate: Are We There Yet?, Madigan   Online Resources for IDEA Paper 43

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