Table of Contents - Volume 1

Preface

xi

Part 1: Steps in a Teacher's Life
Chapter 1 How to Land That First Teaching Job
Baron Perlman, Lee I. McCann, & Susan H. McFadden
3
Chapter 2 As Time Goes By: Maintaining Vitality in the Classroom
Margaret A. Lloyd
7
Chapter 3 Self-Knowledge of a Job Well Done: Reflections on a Teacher's Self-Appraisal
Stanford C. Ericksen

11
Part 2: Course Planning
Chapter 4 How to Improve Your Teaching With the Course Syllabus
Drew C. Appleby
19
Chapter 5 Finding the Right Introductory Psychology Textbook
Russell A. Dewey
25
Chapter 6 Teaching With Original Sources
Philip Banyard & Andrew Grayson
29
Chapter 7 Twenty Tips for Teaching Introductory Psychology
Robert J. Sternberg
37
Chapter 8 How To Create a Good Exam
Catherine H. Renner & Michael J. Renner
43
Chapter 9 How To Develop Multiple-Choice Tests
Lee Sechrest, John F. Kihlstrom, & Richard R. Bootzin
49
Chapter 10 Using Extra Credit
Joseph J. Palladino, G. William Hill, IV, & John C. Norcross
57
Chapter 11 Teaching Tips Book Review: Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook
Baron Perlman, Lee I. McCann, & Susan H. McFadden

61
Part 3: Using Technology
Chapter 12 Teaching With Overheads: Low Tech, High Impact
Neil Lutsky
67
Chapter 13 Thirteen Ideas to Help Computerize Your Course
James V. Ralston & Barney Beins

73
Part 4: In-Class Skills
Chapter 14 Developing Effective Lectures
Todd Zakrajsek
81
Chapter 15 Enhancing Student Learning Through Exemplary Examples
Grace Galliano
87
Chapter 16 The Function of Behavior
James S. Nairne
93
Chapter 17 Class Discussions: Promoting Participation and Preventing Problems
Thomas J. Kramer & James H. Korn
99
Chapter 18 Tell and Show: The Merits of Classroom Demonstrations
Douglas A. Bernstein
105
Chapter 19 Those Who Can Do: Implementing Active Learning
Marianne Miserandino
109
Chapter 20 Teaching Large Classes
James L. Hilton
115
Chapter 21 On Critical Thinking
Jane S. Halonen

121
Part 5: Themes Across Psychology
Chapter 22 History Belongs in Every Course
Michael Wertheimer
129
Chapter 23 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: Teaching the Future of Psychology
Barry D. Smith
135
Chapter 24 Science Across the Psychology Curriculum
Rick Wesp & Nancy Koschmann
141
Chapter 25 Increasing Student Interest in Psychological Theories
Marianne Hammerl
147
Chapter 26 Using Evolution by Natural Section as an Integrative Theme in Psychology Courses
Peter Gray
153
Chapter 27 Teaching Psychology From a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Roseanne L. Flores

159
Part 6: Writing
Chapter 28 Why Not Make Writing Assignments?
Barbara F. Nodine
167
Chapter 29 Raiders of the Lost Reference: Helping Your Students do a Literature Search
J. Frederico Marques
173
Chapter 30 Improving Your Students' Writing: Arts and Drafts
Mitchell M. Handelsman and Margie Krest

179
Part 7: Teaching One-On-One
Chapter 31 Academic Advising for Undergraduates
Mark E. Ware
187
Chapter 32 Students with Academic Difficulty: Prevention and Assistance
Ellen E. Pastorino
193
Chapter 33 The Value of Collaborative Scholarship With Undergraduates
Stephen F. Davis

201
Part 8: Faculty and Student Integrity
Chapter 34 Dealing With Problem Students in the Classroom
Sandra Schweighart Goss
209
Chapter 35 Cheating: Preventing and Dealing With Academic Dishonesty
Donald H. McBurney
213
Chapter 36 Treating Students Differentially: Ethics in Shades of Gray
Arno F. Wittig, David V. Perkins, Deborah Ware Balogh, Bernard E. Whitley, Jr., & Patricia Keith-Spiegel
219
Chapter 37 Ethically Risky Situations Between Students and Professors Outside the Classroom
Patricia Keith-Spiegel
225

Contributors

231
Index 239