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July 3, 2025
Teaching First-Year College Students: Revised and Expanded Edition of Teaching College Freshmen
- Author
- Erickson, Bette LaSere; Peters, Calvin B.; Strommer, Diane Weltner
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 0787964395
- Table of Contents
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Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part One - Understanding First-Year Students
ch. 1: First-Year Students in Perspective
ch. 2: Intellectual Development in College
ch. 3: Learning Styles
Part Two - Effective Instruction for First-Year Students
ch. 4: Knowing, Understanding, Thinking, and Learning How to Learn: The Goals of First-Year Instruction
ch. 5: Preparing a Syllabus and Meeting the First Class
ch. 6: Presenting and Explaining
ch. 7: Creating Involvement in the Classroom
ch. 8: Encouraging Active Reading
ch. 9: Supporting Active Study Practices
ch. 10: Trying Transformed Teaching
ch. 11: Evaluating Student Learning
ch. 12: Grading
Part Three - Opportunities and Challenges in First-Year Instruction
ch. 13: Creating Inclusion in First-Year Classrooms and Curricula
ch. 14: Teaching Large Classes
ch. 15: Sustaining Engagement Outside Class: Office Hours, Advising, and First-Year Seminars
ch. 16: Strengthening Commitment to First-Year Instruction
References
Index
Teaching 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. The new edition is based on the most current research on teaching and learning and incorporates information about the demographic changes that have occurred in student populations since the first edition was published. The updated strategies are designed to help first-year students adjust effectively to both the academic and nonacademic pressures of college. The authors also help faculty understand first-year students and show how their experiences in high school have prepared or not prepared them for the world of higher education. (From the Publisher)