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French

Association of Teachers of French
http://www.frenchteachers.org/resources.htm

Instructional resources, cultural and educational instituations, and professional organizations

University of Ottowa
http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~weinberg/french.html#Teach

Instructional resources for teaching French as a second language

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The resources on this page include links to European archives, disciplinary organizations and journals, and searchable databases. Includes some links to county-specific and region-specific (e.g., Slavic, Russian, East and West European) resources.

Council for European Studies at Columbia University
http://www.ces.columbia.edu

Links to archives in Europe, European disciplinary organizations, online documents, journals, and research resources; resources on East European Studies and West European Studies

Slavic and East European Collections at Yale University Library
http://www.library.yale.edu/slavic/

Links to libraries, associations, institutions, archives, databases, journals, resources on specific countries

Russian and East European Studies Virtual Library at University of Pittsburgh
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/

Search this database of indexed and annotated links by selecting region, culture, subject, and time period categories, or by using keywords.

WWW Virtual Library: West European Studies at University of Pittsburgh
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/euce/euce.html Read more »

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Engineering

College of Engineering at the University of Engineering - Teaching
http://www.engin.umich.edu/teaching/

A list of teaching resources on engineering.

Institute of Biological Engineering
http://www.ibe.org

The page is a link from the Journal of Biological Engineering, offering presentations on Engineering Lessons, Biological Engineering programs, etc.

Teaching Engineering Purdue University Chemical Engineering
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/News_and_Events/Publications/teaching...

This is an electronic book on teaching Engineering. The book is organized to start with specific, practical teaching applications and then lead to more general psychological theories. All book chapters are in downloadable pdf formats.

The American Society for Engineering Education Journal of Engineering Education
http://www.asee.org/about/publications/jee/index.cfm Read more »

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Questions Frequently Asked About Student Rating Forms: Summary of Research Finding

Matthew Kaplan, Lisa A. Mets, Constance E. Cook

What do we know about the relationship between grades and student ratings?

Teachers in classes with higher expected grades have slightly higher ratings on teacher evaluations. Such results could mean that student ratings are biased and that instructors receive higher ratings because they give higher grades. However, in studies of courses with multiple sections, there are differences among instructors' average ratings when there is no difference in average expected grade. Therefore, we cannot conclude that instructors receive higher ratings because they give higher grades. Research done in experimental settings confirms that the effect of grades on student ratings may be overstated. In these experiments, sections graded on a "C" curve do not give significantly lower evaluations than those graded on a "B" curve. Grading fairness, on the other hand, does appear to influence student ratings. Studies indicate that instructors need to grade fairly and consistently and give students realistic expectations about their grades. When instructors give grades that contradict students' performance and expectations, they do, in fact, receive lower student ratings. Read more »