Active Learning

• Creating a classroom pattern  (Ilene Alexander)

• Active learning cheat sheet (Gregory Smith and Cynthia Brame)

• The One Who Does the Work Does the Learning -- Learning Activities [slides] (Scott MacClintick)

  • Jigsaws (SERC, Ilene Alexander, Derek Bruff, the Sheridan Center at Brown University)

  • Gallery walk (Ilene Alexander)

  • Concept maps (Ilene Alexander)

• Inclusive teaching through active learning (Ilene Alexander)

• How to make lectures more effective (Marilla Svinicki and William McKeachie)

• Small change: Interactive lecturing (Paul Baepler and Kris Gorman) 

• Class Session Design for Various Learning Spaces (Ilene Alexander)

• Instruction and Assessment: Classrooms as Learning Communities (Oakes and Lipton)

• ISTR Daily Lesson Plan Template (UPenn Independent School Teaching Residency) 

• Here's an example of a content-driven discussion section lesson plan

• Here's an example of a writing worksop run during discussion section  

• Key aspects of how the brain learns  (James Zull)

• What works, what doesn't (John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mitchell J. Nathan and Daniel T. Willingham)

• Applying the science of learning to the university and beyond (Diane Halpern and Milton Hakel)

• Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education?  (Carl Wieman) 

• Energizing the college classroom with the science of emotion (Sarah Rose Cavenaugh) 

• Active Learning Leads to Higher Grades and Fewer Failing Students  in Science, Math, and Engineering  (Wired)

• Mind, brain, education (Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Quincy,  MA)

• Four Principles of Memory Improvement: A Guide to Improving Learning Efficiency (Bennett L. Schwartz, Lisa K. Son, Nate Kornell, Bridgid Finn)

• Harnessing the Power of Uncertainty to Enhance Learning  (Acacia L. Overoye and Benjamin C. Storm)

• A Developmental Model of Critical Thinking (Deanna Kuhn)

• Confuse your students to help them learn (Steve Kolowich)

• Motivational interventions  (The Sheridan Center at Brown University)

• Grit: the power and passion of perseverance (Angela Duckworth)

• Mind-Sets and Equitable Education (Carol Dweck)

• Mindset: The new psychology of success (Carol Dweck)

• Addressing achievement gaps with psychological interventions (David Yeager, Gregory Walton, and Geoffrey L. Cohen)

• Motivation, engagement, and student voice (Eric Toshalis and Michael Nakkula)

• Using Metacognition to Promote Learning (Barbara Millis)

• Self-Regulated Learning: Beliefs, Techniques, and Illusions (Robert A. Bjork, John Dunlosky, and Nate Kornell)

• Teaching philosophy outside (Ryan J. Johnson)

•  Facilitating Classroom Discussion of Sensitive Topics (Nina Emery) 

• Sample in-class debate handout (Nina Emery)

• Establishing norms for behavior (Weinstein)

• Shifting mathematical authority from teacher to community (Corey Webel)

• Talk activities flowchart (Institute for Science and Math Education)

• Sample writing workshop handout (Nina Emery)

• Teaching students to write clearly (Nina Emery)

• Creating writing assignments (MIT) 

• Active Reading Strategies that Incorporate  Writing to Support Learning (UMN)

• Critical thinking: why is it so hard to teach? (Daniel T Willingham)

General pointers

• Philosophical arguments (Nina Emery)

• Technical terms  (Nina Emery)

Writing

• Writing philosophy: an introduction (Vida Yao)

• How to structure your (first) philosophy paper (Ray Pedersen)

• How to get an A on your philosophy paper (Nina Emery)

• How to write a history of philosophy paper (Daniel Moerner)

• How to write a forum post (Tamara Fakhoury)

Reading

• How to read philosophy  (Vida Yao)

Speaking

• Guidelines for respectful discussion (Tamara Fakhoury)

• But how do I participate?  (Olivia Bailey)

Should I do this?

• What is it like to be a philosopher?

• Applying to Ph.D. Programs in Philosophy (Eric Schwitzgebel)