GSI Guidebook
The GSI Guidebook is available to Departments, faculty, and GSIs free of charge. Please call 764-0505 or email crlt@umich.edu for copies.
Table of Contents:
Preface
- Letter from the President (pdf)
- The Vital Role of Graduate Student Instructors
- Introduction to the GSI Guidebook
Part One: Getting Started
- University of Michigan Student Profiles (pdf)
- U of M Undergraduates, Responses to Diversity Issues & General Student Experiences (pdf)
- U of M Speak: A Glossary of Terms
- Questions Frequently Asked by U-M GSIs
- Directory of Resources
- Suggestions for New Graduate Student Instructors Who Have Been Educated Abroad
Part Two: Preparing to Teach
- Creating Your Syllabus
- Sample Section Syllabi (pdf)
- Sample Course Syllabus (pdf)
- Sample Lab Syllabus (pdf)
Part Three: Diversity in the U-M Classroom
Part Four: Getting Students Involved in Learning
- Guidelines for Class Participation
- Constructing and Maintaining Authority in Inclusive Classrooms
- Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom (available only in print form)
- Practical Guidelines for Using Technology Tools in Classroom Teaching
- How Does Your “Online Identity” Impact Classroom Climate?: Strategies for Managing E-mail Communications and Social Networking Sites
- Strategies to Extend Student Thinking
- Using Writing to Teach Something Else (available only in print form)
- Learning and Teaching During Office Hours
- Seven Principles for Good Practice: Enhancing Student Learning (pdf)
Part Five: Leading Discussions
- The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start
- Effective Questioning (available only in text version)
- A Typology of Questions (available only in text version)
- Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
Part Six: Giving Lectures and Explanations
- How to Make Lectures More Effective (available only in text version)
Part Seven: Testing and Grading
- Improving Multiple Choice Questions
- Ten Simple Strategies for Grading Writing
- Commenting Effectively on Student Writing
- Grades at U-M
- Academic Integrity in the Classroom
- Integrity: Academic and Political: A Letter to My Students (pdf)