IDEA Center Resources
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Books - Now Located in the Center for Teaching space in C111!
101 Questions & Answers about Standards, Assessments, and Accountability – Douglas B. Reeves PhD.
Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide – Linda Suskie
Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers – Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College – Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson
Introduction to Rubrics – Dannelle D. Stevens and Antonia J. Levi
Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning – Mary E. Huba and Jann E. Freed
Peer Review: Emerging Trends and Key Debates in Undergraduate Education – E-Portfolios for Reflection, Learning and Assessment (Vol. 16 No. 1 – Winter 2014) – A Publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities
The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach – Judith Grunert O’Brien, Barbara J. Millis and Margaret W. Cohen
Flip Your Classroom – Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams
Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice – Maryellen Weimer
Activating the Desire to Learn – Bob Sullo
Annual Growth for All Students, Catch-Up Growth for Those Who are Behind – Lynn Fielding, Nancy Kerr, and Paul Rosier
Are You Really Ready for College? – Robert R. Newman
Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher’s Manual – Robert J. Marzano & Debra J. Pickering
Building Leadership Capacity in Schools – Linda Lambert
Challenges for School Leaders – American Association of School Administrators
Classroom Instruction that Works – Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock
Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners – Jane D. Hill & Kathleen M. Flynn
Classroom Management that Works – Robert J. Marzano with Jana S. Marzano & Debra J. Pickering
Closing the Achievement Gap (2nd ed.) – Belinda Williams (ed.)
A Teacher’s Guide to Cognitive Type Theory & Learning Style – Carolyn Mamchur
Community College Leadership: A Multidimensional Model for Leading Change – Pamela L. Eddy (7 copies)
Creating an Inclusive School – Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand (eds.)
Democratic Schools – Michael W. Apple and James A. Beane (eds.)
Differentiated Instructional Strategies (2nd ed.) – Gayle H. Gregory and Carolyn Chapman
The Differentiated School – Carol Ann Tomlinson with Kay Brimijoin and Lane Narvaez
Distributed Leadership – James P. Spillane
Education and Public Health: Natural Partners in Learning for Life – Jenny Smith
Education in a New Era – Ronald S. Brandt (ed.)
Effective School Interventions – Natalie Rathvon
A Guide to Faculty Development – Kay J. Gillespie, Douglas L. Robertson, and Associates
The First Days of School – Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong
Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works – Robert J. Marzano, Jennifer S. Norford, Diane E. Paynter, Debra J. Pickering, and Barbara B. Gaddy
Inside School Improvement – Jackie A. Walsh and Beth Sattes
Instructional Coaching – Jim Knight
Instructional Rounds in Education – Elizabeth A. City, Richard F. Elmore, Sarah E. Fiarman, and Lee Teitel
Leadership Capacities for a Changing Environment: State and District Responses to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 – The Educational Alliance at Brown University
The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders at Every Level – Noel M. Tichy
Leadership IQ: A Personal Development Process Based on a Scientific Study of a New Generation of Leaders – Emmett C. Murphy
A Learning College for the 21st Century – Terry O’Banion
Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience – Edited by Richard P. Keeling
Learning Reconsidered 2: A Practical Guide to Implementing a Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience – Edited by Richard P. Keeling
The Master Tutor: A Guidebook for More Effective Tutoring – Ross B. MacDonald, Ph.D.
On Becoming a School Leader: A Person-Centered Challenge – Arthur W. Combs, Ann B. Miser, and Kathryn S. Whitaker
On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching – James M. Lang
The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform: Can We Change Course Before It’s Too Late? – Seymour B. Sarason
Results Now – Mike Schmoker
School Reform from the Inside Out – Richard F. Elmore
So, You are Going to College?! – San Bolkan
Staying Centered: Curriculum Leadership in a Turbulent Era – Steven J. Gross
Supervision for Learning – James M. Aseltine, Judith O. Faryniarz, and Anthony J. Rigazio-DiGilio
Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum – Warren A. Nord and Charles C. Haynes
Teaching at its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors – Linda B. Nilson
Teaching English in the Two-Year College: National Council of Teachers of English (Vol. 42:1, September 2014) – Jeff Sommers (ed.)
Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap – Alfred Tatum
The Technology Fix: The Promise and Reality of Computers in Our Schools – William D. Pflaum
They say, I say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing – Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action – Robert J. Marzano
What Will I Learn in College? – Robert Shoenberg
Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? – Paula Rutherford
Why Do I Have to Take This Course? – Robert Shoenberg
The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome – Tony Attwood
Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism–Temple Grandin and Kate Duffy
Collaborative Learning Techniques – Elizabeth F. Barkley, K. Patricia Cross and Claire Howell Major
Engaging Ideas: A Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writin, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom – John C. Bean
Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty – Elizabeth F. Barkley
Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging your Students from the First Day – Angela Provitera McGlynn
Videos
Managing Student Discipline Issues Legally and Effectively – Rob Jenkins & Deborah Gonzalez
Miss Representation – A documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom
Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams (2 copies) – Dr. Randy Pausch (The lecture that inspired the book The Last Lecture)
Simulated Lectures and Demonstrations (U. of Missouri Center for Academic Development)
DVD Topics: Advanced Biology, Calculus II, Chemistry II, History of Science, Math, Philosophy, and US History II
20 Minute Mentor
Answers questions about teaching in about 20 minutes. The presenters give you the ‘here’s how’ advice that you can start using right away. For each topic, there is a video or audio file, a PowerPoint presentation, and supplemental materials relating to the topic.