trc home

 

 

Calendar
Services
Grants
Technology i Teaching
TA Programs
Freshman seminars
Resources
About us

 

 

 

 

Notes, papers and publications
HANDBOOK
  Teaching at UC Davis: Suggestions and resources (6/29/04)
HANDOUTS and NOTES
 

Assessing student performance (pdf files)

    Bloom's taxonomy (printer-friendly)
    Guidelines for writing multiple-choice items
    Grading rubrics (keys)
    Example of an assignment and rubric
    Participation rubrics
    Peer assessment (student-student)
    Grading workshop 10/6/04 PowerPoint slides
  Presentation/discussion notes
    Responding to Writing by Non-native English Speakers (pdf) (5/20/05)
   

Academic Integrity resource list (5/18/05)

    Teaching Sensitive Topics (4/28/05)
    The scholarship of teaching and learning Make the most of your instructional innovation (5/27/04)
    The Millennials: Is this student generation different? (4/28/04)
    There's (at least) one in every class Encouraging student participation and dealing with the overzealous. (4/14/04)
   

To PowerPoint or Not to PowerPoint (2/2/04)

    Humanizing large classes (1/15/04)
Tips for teaching large classes
Fostering discussion (PDF)
 

Other notes

    Responses to a query posted on the Teaching Large Classes e-mail list regarding instructors' policies for makeup examinations (summary) (7/31/04)
    A quick overview of applications of PDAs in education (PowerPoint in pdf format), Tor Cross (3/15/04)
    Notes on Yuretich, R. F. (2003). Encouraging critical thinking: Measuring skills in large introductory science classes. Journal of College Science Teaching 33(3), 40-45. (2/25/04)
    Instructional Uses of the Internet - handout for Instructional Design Studio #3, hosted by Andy Jones, English (4/28/00)
PUBLISHED PAPERS BY
  Tor Cross.
Will Davis and graduate students
Barbara Sommer
IN-HOUSE PAPERS AND REPORTS
 

Bibliography of Teaching and Learning
These books available for browsing at the TRC (not for checkout.)

 
 
Faculty Survey of Classrooms - Winter 1998
Marina Estabrook, TRC and Melinda Milligan, Sociology
 
Group work and collaborative writing
Brian A. Connery, Campus Writing Center and John L. Vohs, Communication
NEWS ARTICLES
  Ellen Sutter: Dialed into undergraduate instruction (October 2002)
  Faculty Hone Technology Skills in Campus Teaching Program (September, 2002)
  Annual Institute Serves Up Technology to Eager Instructors. (October, 2001)
  A Look at Course Management Systems. Academic Computing Coordinating Council Releases Report. (June, 2001)
  Planning for Annual Summer Institute Underway (March/April, 2001)
  Hands-On Technology Institute a Hit with Faculty (September/October, 2000)

updated 10/27/04

TRC home UC Davis home UC Davis Teaching Page MyUCDavis MediaWorks The Arbor

TRC home UCD teaching page Learning skills center Mediaworks The Arbor TRC home UCD teaching page My UCDavis The Arbor Mediaworks Learning Skills Center TRC home TRC home ucdavis home trc home teaching related sites