Teaching at UIC: A Handbook for Teaching Assistants

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• Copyright and Publication Information
• Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

• Teaching at UIC
  • Beyond Statistics: Lessons from a UIC Student
  • Reflections on Teaching: Students as Teachers
  • A Professor's Reflections on Teaching
  • Developing a "Student Centered" Teaching Philosophy
  • UIC Student Profile
  • Making UIC Student Demographics Come Alive
     
• A Multicultural Environment
  • A Conversation: In So Many Voices, To So Many Voices
  • Strengths of a Multicultural Classroom
  • Communication in the Multicultural Classroom
  • Gender in the Classroom
  • Integrating Sexual Orientation into Teaching  (pending)
  • Disabled Students in the Classroom  (pending)
  • Not Just for International TAs
     
• TA Roles and Responsibilities
  • The Comfort Zone: Finding Your Place in the Classroom
  • Three Types of Professors and How to Work With Them
  • Communication Strategies for TAs and Faculty Supervisors
  • Questions to Ask Your Faculty Supervisor
  • Time Management: One TA's Experience
  • Managing Your Time
  • Working with Students Outside of the Classroom
     
• Course Planning
  • What They Don't Know Can Hurt Them: The Role of Prior Knowledge in Learning
  • Designing a Syllabus
  • Planning a Class Session
  • Questions to Ask as You Design Your Course
  • The First Day of Class
  • Gathering Student Information
     
• Teaching Strategies
  • Meaningful Discussion Sessions
  • Checklist for Meaningful Discussions
  • Eight Hot Tips for Lively Lectures
  • Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies
  • Studio Instruction
  • Teaching in the Laboratory Setting
  • Visual Presentation Technology (update pending)
  • Classroom Management
  • Managing Conflict
  • Resolving Difficult Situations
  • Dealing with Angry People
  • Recognizing and Dealing with Students in Emotional Distress
     
• Testing, Evaluation, and Ethical Issues
  • Test Development
  • Checklist for Constructing Better Tests
  • How to Discourage Cheating
  • Grading Writing
  • Plagiarism: A TA's Experience
  • Handling Academic Misconduct
  • Discrimination Issues and Policies  (pending)
     
• Appendices
  • A - University Policy on Grading, Attendance, Testing, and Academic Integrity
  • B - Copyright Guidelines
  • C - Test Analysis  (pending)
  • D - Safety Recommendations for Laboratory Teaching
  • E - Instructional Technology Resources at UIC  (pending)
  • F - Prohibiting Sexual Harrassment: Policy and Procedure  (pending)
  • G - For Further Reading
  • H - Campus Resources and Maps  (pending)