Recommended Readings on College Teaching & Faculty Success
Books are available at the campus Barnes and Noble Bookstore in the Education section. Look for the shelves with the sign "College Teaching & Faculty Success" for books recommended by CTE, OSL, and the Writing Center.
Assessing Student Learning
- Assessment clear and simple: A practical guide for institutions, departments, and general education
Barbara Walvoord - Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers
Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross - Designing effective assessment: Principles and profiles of good practice
Trudy W. Banta, Elizabeth A. Jones, Karen E. Black - Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment
Barbara E. Walvoord, Virginia Johnson Anderson - Learner-centered assessment on college campuses: Shifting the focus from teaching to Learning
Mary E. Huba and Jann E. Freed
Developing and Teaching College Courses
- Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses
L. Dee Fink - Learner-centered Teaching: Five key changes to practice
Maryellen Weimer - Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide
Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, and Lisa M. Baumgartner - Teaching at its best
Linda Nilson
Service-Learning and Social Justice
- Introduction to service-learning toolkit (2nd edition)
Campus Compact - Promoting diversity and social justice: Educating people from privileged groups
Diane J. Goodman - Service learning: A movement’s pioneers reflect on its origins, practice, and future
Timothy K. Stanton and Nadinne I. Cruz - Service-learning in theory and practice
Dan W. Butin
Teaching and Grading Writing
- Assigning, responding, evaluating: A writing teacher's guide
Edward M. White - Direct from the disciplines: Writing across the curriculum
Mary T. Segall and Robert A. Smart - My word! Plagiarism and college culture
Susan Blum - The WAC casebook: Scenes for faculty reflection and program development
Chris M. Anson
Faculty Career Success
- The academic job search handboo
Julia Miller Vick and Jennifer S. Furlong - The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teachers life
Parker J. Palmer - Enhancing learning through the scholarship of teaching and learning
Kathleen McKinney - Faculty incivility: The rise of the academic bully culture and what to do about it
Darla J. Twale and Barbara M. De Luca - Peer review of teaching: A sourcebook
Nancy Van Note Chism