Strategies

Cooperative Learning, Groups and Teams

Cooperative learning involves having students work together in groups to maximize their own and one another’s learning (Johnson, Johnson & Smith, 1991).  During cooperative learning activities students are exposed to perspectives that may be new or contrary to their own.  By working together students actively explore class concepts and material by talking, listening, reading, writing, and reflecting.  This page provides resources about cooperative learning, designing effective small group activities, and guidance for creating and sustaining effective student learning groups.

Guidelines for Using Groups Effectively (Hershock and Milkova, CRLT)

Students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process.  This section of the GSI guidebook provides strategies for effective management of group activities during the planning stages, implementation, and after. 

Team-Based Learning Collaborative

A place to learn more about team-based teaching and learning, obtain resources, and see what faculty across the country are doing to implement team-based learning in their classes.  The website has a wealth of information, including ideas for getting started with team-based learning, links to instructional videos, bibliographic sources, a FAQ section, and more. Read more »

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Psychology

Association for Psychological Science (APS) Teaching Resources
http://psych.hanover.edu/APS/teaching.html

Reference material, simulations, tutorials, experiments, links to other resources

The Teaching of Psychology (University of Oklahoma)
http://www.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/teaching.html

Links to teaching resources, online psychology courses, and discussion links

Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology (OTRP)
http://teachpsych.org/otrp/

Teaching of Psychology: Official Journal of STP
http://www.ithaca.edu/beins/top/top.htm

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po

NOTE: Click on Social Sciences to find Psychology. Some of the special features in this site require an id and password. Passwords and ids are always included on the lead page. You might need to scroll down to find them.

Reference material, simulations, tutorials, syllabi, links to other resources

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Portuguese

Brazilian Studies
http://www.umich.edu/~port150/

This site contains links to a wide variety of Brazilian studies and Portuguese language resources organized by topic.

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Political Science

Teaching Political Science by the American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/teach/index.cfm

The site offers a variety of useful resources for teaching political science.  Resources include teaching websites, Online Textbooks, Syllabi, Key Issues, Journals, Simulations and Games, Listservs, Articles on Teaching, etc.

The Ultimate Political Science Links Page
http://upslinks.net/

The page lists many political science links such as major associations, areas of study, departmental rankings, journals, publications, and other teaching resources.

Poly-Cy: Internet Resources for Political Science
http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/PolyCy/psteach.html

The page offers links to teaching political science, including cybernetic classrooms, syllabi and course home pages, and others.

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (electronic)
http://celt.muohio.edu/ject/

This is the home for the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, with sample issue (full text) and issue archive (with titles and abstracts).

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Physics

Harvard University Mazur Group
http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/education/educationmenu.php

The page introduces you to the research group in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Department of Physics at Harvard University under the direction of Eric Mazur.  The page offers resources on Peer Instruction, research on teaching physics, etc.

Physics World
http://physicsworld.com/cws/home

This is a comprehensive website for Physics.  The site includes resources on teaching physics, research in physics, recent events, careers, and others.

Physics Teacher
http://tpt.aapt.org/

The page is the home of Physics Teacher Online (TPTO), publishing papers on physics research, the history and philosophy of physics, applied physics, curriculum developments, pedagogy, instructional lab equipment, and book reviews.

American Journal of Physics
http://ajp.aapt.org/

Published by American Association of Physics Teachers.  Without subscription, you can search on the site titles and abstracts of current and past issues.

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