Focus
on Learning: Handouts, presentations, articles, and more . . .
Note: Any problems with links or
materials should be sent to tutzauer@buffalo.edu
General
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Essentials for teaching & learning: Presentation highlighting key instructional methods that
foster learning
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Teaching competencies: Collection of materials garnered online that address
teaching competencies
Assessment
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Assessment
basics: Guide to assessing student
learning outcomes
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Classroom
Assessment Techniques (CATs): From
Angelo & Cross (1993)
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Rubric template:
also available in editable Word format
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Sample rubrics .
. . for collaborative activities, oral presentations
Collaborative/cooperative learning
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Notes on collaborative &
group learning
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Problems with
student collaboration in courses: Article by King & Behnke (2005)
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Collaborative activities for online courses
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Effective online group activities
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Forms:
Sample forms that can be used to evaluate and assess cooperative learning
activities
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Sample rubric:
Rubric that can be used to assess collaborative skills
Curriculum & course design
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Course design for busy academics: Using learning outcomes to design a course and
assess learning
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Curriculum alignment: Presentation by Matveev (2008) that is a
good guide to aligning courses with larger programmatic outcomes
Methods of teaching
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Approaches to
teaching: notes, presentation
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Constructionism:
Project-based learning
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Guided design
model of instruction
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Mastery-based learning:
presentation,
handout, and
research brief
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Personalized system of instruction
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Problem-based learning: also a sample course
Research on teaching
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Guide to
research in psychology that can inform teaching
Testing & test construction
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Testing for
learning: workshop notes
and article by James Joyner
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Test construction
and item analysis: presentation
and handout
Writing outcomes
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Writing
learning outcomes: Guide to writing
outcomes in behavioral terms
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Video
of a presentation relating to writing behavioral-based learning outcomes
Last revised 2014-08-04