The Office for Teaching, Learning and Assessment has compiled the following resources that may be of interest to new and continuing faculty here at DePaul.  If you would like to borrow any of the following texts, send an email to tla@depaul.edu and we will send the book through inter-office mail.  Alternatively, you are welcome to browse through the books in our office on the Loop Campus, CNA 840 (55 E. Jackson Blvd, Suite 840).

 
Active Learning

Bean, John C. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2001.

Bonwell, Charles C. and James A. Eison. Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. Washington D.C.: George Washington University Press, 1991.

Brookfield, Stephen D. and Stephen Preskill. Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1999.

Finkel, Donald L.Teaching with your Mouth Shut. Portsmouth, NH: Boyton/Cook Publishers, 2000.

Jaques, David. Learning in Groups: A handbook for improving group work 3rd. Edition. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2000.

Knowlton, Dave S. and Sharp, Eds. "Problem-Based Learning in the Informational Age (copy 1-2)." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 95 (2003).

Lee, Virginia S., Ed. Teaching and Learning through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions & Instructors. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing Inc., 2004.

Meyers, Chet and Thomas B. Jones. Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1993.

Sutherland, Tracey E. and Bonwell, Eds. "Using Active Learning in College Classes: A Range of Options for Faculty." New Directions for Teaching 67 (1996).

Wilkerson, LuAnn and Gijselaers, Eds. "Bringing Problem-Based Learning to Higher Education: Theory and Practice." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 68 (1996).

Assessing Student Learning

Achacoso, Michelle V and Svinicki . "Alternative Strategies for Evaluating Student Learning." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 100 (2004).

Allen, David, Ed. Assessing Student Learning: From Grading to Understanding. New York: Teacher's College Press, 1998.

Anderson, Lorin W. and David R. Krathwohl. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Addison Wesley Longman Inc., 2001.

Angelo, Thomas A. and Patricia K. Cross. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2002.

Banta, Trudy W., Ed. "Portfolio Assessment: Uses, Cases, Scoring, and Impact." Assessment Update Collections (2003).

Blythe, Tina, et al. Looking Together at Student Work: A Companion Guide to Assessing Student Learning. New York: Teacher's College Press, 1999.

Brookhart, Susan M. "The Art and Science of Classroom Assessment: The Missing Part of Pedagogy." ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 27 (1999).

Brown, Sally, et al. 500 Tips on Assessment. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2000.

Diamond, Robert M. Designing & Assessing Courses & Curricula: A Practical Guide . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1998.

Haladyna, Thomas M. Writing Test Items to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.

Sedlacek, William E. Beyond the Big Test: Noncongnitive Assessment in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2004.

Suskie, Linda. Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2004.

Suskie, Linda, Ed. Assessment: to Promote Deep Learning. Washington D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 2001.

Wiggins, Grant. Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1998.

Civic Development

Colby, Anne, et al. Educating Citizens: Preparing America's Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibility. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2003.

Classroom Research

Cross, Patricia K. and Mimi Harris Steadman. Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1996. Modico.

Collaborative Learning

Barkley, Elizabeth F., et al. Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005.

Bosworth, Kris and Hamilton. "Collaborative Learning: Underlying Processes and Effective Techniques." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 59 (1994).

McManus, Dean A. Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2005.

O'Donnell, Angela M., et al. Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2006.

Race, Phil. 500 Tips on Group Learning. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2000.

Stein, Ruth Federman and Sandra Hurd. Using Student Teams in the Classroom: A Faculty Guide. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. 

Course and Syllabus Design

Fink, Dee L. Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003.

Forsyth, Ian, et al. Evaluating a Course: Practical Strategies for Teachers, Lecturers and Trainers. London: Kogan Page Limited, 1999.

Wiggins, Grant P. and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Upper Saddle River NJ: Merrill Education/Prentice Hall, 1998.

Grunert, Judith. The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 1997.

Innes, Robert B. Reconstructing Undergraduate Education: Using Learning Science to Design Effective Courses. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2004.

Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Browne, Neil M. and Stuart Keeley. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking 6th Edition.Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.

Helpern, Diane F. Thought & Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003.

King, Patricia M. and Strohm Kitchener. Developing Reflective Judgment. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1994.

Kurfiss, Joanne G. "Critical Thinking: Theory, Research, Practice and Possibilities." ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 17.

Levy, David A. Tools of Critical Thinking: Metathoughts for Psychology. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1997.

Meyers, Chet. Teaching Students to Think Critically: A guide for Faculty in all Disciplines. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1986.

Paul, Richard and Linda Elder. Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of your Learning and Your Life. Upper Saddle River NJ:Prentice Hall, 2001.

Learning and Development

Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. Creating Contexts for Learning and Self-Authorship. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.  

Braskamp, Larry A, et al. Putting Students First: How Colleges Develop Students Purposefully. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006.

Bruner, Jerome. Acts of Meaning. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1990.

Chickering, Arthur W. and Londa Reisser. Education and Identity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1993.

Evans, Nancy J., et al. Student Development in College: Theory, Research, and Practice. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1998.

Light, Richard J. Making the Most of College: Students speak their minds. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.

National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000.

Sarasin, Lynne Celli. Learning Style Perspectives: Impact in the Classroom. Madison WI: Atwood Publishing, 1999.

Silverman, Sharon L. and Martha E. Casazza. Learning & Development: Making Connections to Enhance Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2000.

Tagg, John. The Learning Paradigm College. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2003.

Teaching – General

Allitt, Patrick. I'm the Teacher, You're the Student: A Semester in the University Classroom. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

Bain, Ken. What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.

Baxter Magolda, Marcia B. "Teaching to Promote Intellectual and Personal Maturity." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 82 (2000): .

Bianco-Mathis, Virginia and Neal Chalofsky. The Full-Time Faculty Handbook. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1999.

Bianco-Mathis, Virginia and Neal Chalofsky. The Adjunct Faculty Handbook. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1996.

Biggs, John. Teaching for Quality Learning at University. New York: The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2003.

Brown, Sally, et al. 500 Tips for Teachers. London: Kogan Page Limited, 1998.

Cannon, Robert and David Newble. A Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges: A Guide to Improving Teaching Methods. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2000.

Davis, Barbara Gross. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1993.

Eble, Kenneth E. The Craft of Teaching: A guide to Mastering the Professor's Art. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1988.

Filene, Peter. The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors. Chapel Hill NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2005.

Jarvis, Peter, Ed. The Theory & Practice of Teaching. London: Kogan Page Limited, 2002.

McKeachie, Wilbert J. McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers. Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999.

Nilson, Linda B. Teaching at its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2003.

Parini, Jay. The Art of Teaching. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Perry, Raymond P. and John C. Smart. Effective Teaching in Higher Education: Research and Practice. New York: Agathon Press, 1997.

Rotenberg, Robert. The Art & Craft of College Teaching: A Guide for New Professors & Graduate Students. Chicago: Active Learning Books, 2005.

Schulman, Lee S. The Wisdom of Practice: Essays on Teaching, Learning, and Learning to Teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2004.

Selding, Peter. Improving College Teaching. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 1995.

Weimer, Maryellen. Improving your Classroom Teaching. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, Inc, 1996.

Weimer, Maryellen. Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2002.

Experiential/Service Learning

Cantor, Jeffrey A. "Experiential Learning in Higher Education: Linking Classroom and Community." ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 7 (1995).

Eyler, Janet and Dwight E.Giles Jr. Where's the Learning in Service-Learning?. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1999.

General Education

Association of American Colleges. A New Vitality in General Education: Planning, Teaching, and Supporting Effective Liberal Learning by the Task Group on General Education. Washington D.C.: Association of American Colleges, 1988.

Laff, Ned Scott, Ed. "Identity, Learning, and the Liberal Arts." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 103 (2005).

Nussbaum, Martha C. Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1997. 

Grading/Rubrics

Speck, Bruce W. "Grading Students' Classroom Writing: Issues and Strategies." ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report 27 (2000).

Stevens, Dannelle D. and Antonia J. Levi. Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback and Promote Student Learning. Sterling VA: Stylus Publishing Inc., 2005.

Walvoord, Barbara E. and Virginia Johnson Anderson. Effective Grading: A tool for Learning and Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1998.

Higher Education – General. 

Bok, Derek. Our Underachieving Colleges: A candid look at how much students learn and why they should be learning more. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.

Conley, David T. College Knowledge: What it Really Takes for Students to Succeed and What We Can Do to Get Them Ready. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2005.

Pascarella, Ernest T, et al. "Liberal Arts Colleges and Liberal Arts Education." ASHE Higher Education Report 31 (2005).

Pascarella, Ernest T. and Patrick T. Terenzini. How College Affects Students. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2005.

Lecturing

Blight, Donald A. What's the Use of Lectures?. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 2000.

Managing Classroom Behavior

Braxton, John M. and Alan E. Bayer, Eds. “Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties.” New Directions for Teaching and Learning 99 (2004).

Motivating Students

Brown, Sally, et al., Eds. Motivating Students; Staff and Educational Development Series. London:Kogan Page, 1998.

Fallows, Stephen and Ahmet. "Inspiring Students: Case Studies in Motivating the Learner." Staff and Educational Development series (1999).

Online/Distance Learning

Comeaux, Patricia. Assessing Online Learning. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2005.

Conrad, Rita-Marie and Donaldson. "Engaging the Online Learner: Activities and Resources for Creative Instruction (copy 1-2)." Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning 1 (2004).

Duffy, Thomas M. and Jamie R. Kirkley. Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases from Higher Education. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2004.

Palloff, Rena M. and Keith Pratt. Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2004.

Weiss, Renee, et al., Eds. "Principles of Effective Teaching in the Online Classroom." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 84 (2000).

Spirituality in Higher Education 

Chickering, Arthur W., et al. Encouraging Authenticity & Spirituality in Higher Education. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.

Hoppe, Sherry L. and Speck, Eds. "Spirituality in Higher Education." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 104 (2005).

Palmer, Parker J. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1998.

Student Evaluations

Lewis, Karron G., Ed. "Techniques and Strategies for Interpreting Student Evaluations." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 87 (2001).

Teaching First-Year Students

Erickson, Bette LaSere and Diane Weltner Strommer. Teaching College Freshmen. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass Inc., 1991.

Leamnson, Robert. Thinking about Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students. Sterling VA: Stylus Publishing Inc., 1999.

Teaching with Technology

Bates, A.W. and Gary Poole. Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003.

Clyde, William and Andrew Delohery. Using Technology in Teaching. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2005.

Laurillard, Diana. Rethinking University Teaching: A Conversational Framework for the Effective use of Learning Technologies. Oxon UK: Routledge/Falmer, 2002.

Nilson, Linda B. and Weaver, Eds. "Enhancing Learning with Laptops in the Classroom." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 101 (2005).

O'Neil, Harold F. and Ray S. Perez. Web-Based Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2006.

Weigel, Van B. Deep Learning for a Digital Age: Technology's Untapped Potential to Enrich Higher Education. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2002.

Wiske, Martha Stone. Teaching for Understanding with Technology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 2005.

Teaching Portfolios

Bernstein, Daniel, et al. Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2006.

Edgerton, Russell, et al. The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching. Washington D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1991.

Hutchings, Pat, Ed. The Course Portfolio: How Faculty Can Examine Their Teaching to Advance Practice and Improve Student Learning. Washington D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1998.

Zubizarreta, John. The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2004.

Developing Student Writing

Herrington, Anne and Charles Moran, Eds. Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the Disciplines: Research and Scholarship in Composition. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1992.

Sorcinelli, Mary Deane and Elbow, Eds."Writing to Learn: Strategies for Assigning and Responding to Writing Across the Disciplines." New Directions for Teaching and Learning 69 (1997).

Sternglass, Marilyn S. Time to Know Them: A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 1997.

Walvoord, Barbara E. Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1986.

White, Edward M. Teaching & Assessing Writing: Recent Advances in Understanding, Evaluating, and Improving Student Performance. West Lafayette IN: Parlor Press, 1998.

Online Journals

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)
"The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ISSN 1812-9129) provides a forum for higher education faculty, staff, administrators, researchers, and students who are interested in improving post-secondary instruction."