{"product_id":"teaching-firstyear-college-students-9780787964399","title":"Teaching FirstYear College Students","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeaching First-Year College Students is a thoroughly expanded and updated edition of Teaching College Freshmen, which has become a classic in the field since it was published in 1991. The book offers concrete suggestions about specific strategies and approaches for faculty who teach first-year courses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.  \u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eABOUT THE AUTHORS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: Understanding First-Year Students.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: First-Year Students in Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Intellectual Development in College.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Learning Styles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: Effective Instruction for First-Year Students.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Knowing, Understanding, Thinking, and Learning How to Learn: The Goals of First-Year Instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Preparing a Syllabus and Meeting the First Class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Presenting and Explaining.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Creating Involvement in the Classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Encouraging Active Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Supporting Active Study Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Trying Transformed Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Evaluating Student Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Grading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: Opportunities and Challenges in First-Year Instruction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Creating Inclusion in First-Year Classrooms and Curricula.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Teaching Large Classes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Sustaining Engagement Outside Class: Office Hours, Advising, and First-Year Seminars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16: Strengthening Commitment to First-Year Instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eREFERENCES.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINDEX.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405044097367,"sku":"9780787964399","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787964399.jpg?v=1730488477","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-firstyear-college-students-9780787964399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}