This is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes sixty-one chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings--Publisher's description.

Part I:Getting under way. -- Designing or revising a course ; -- The comprehensive course syllabus ; -- The first days of class ; -- Classroom conduct and decorum -- Part II: Responding to a changing student body. -- Diversity and inclusion in the classroom ; -- Students with disabilities ; -- Reentry and transfer students ; -- Teaching academically diverse students -- Part III: Discussion strategies. -- Leading a discussion ; -- Encouraging student participation in discussion ; -- Online discussions ; -- Asking questions ; -- Fielding students' questions -- Part IV. The large-enrollment course. -- Preparing to teach the large-enrollment course ; -- Delivering a lecture ; -- Explaining clearly ; -- Personalizing the large-enrollment course ; -- Encouraging student participation in the large-enrollment course ; -- Maintaining instructional quality with limited resources -- Part V. Alternatives and supplements to lectures and discussion. -- Web 2.0 ; -- Learning in groups ; -- Informal group learning activities ; -- Formal group learning activities ; -- Case studies ; -- Simulations : role playing, games, and virtual worlds ; -- Service learning and civic engagement ; -- Undergraduate research ; -- Guest speakers -- Part VI: Enhancing students' learning and motivation. -- Helping students learn ; -- Learning styles and preferences ; -- Motivating students ; -- Informally assessing students' learning ; -- Mobile learning -- Part VII: Strengthening students' writing and problem-solving skills. -- Helping students write better in all courses ; -- Designing effective writing assignments ; -- Evaluating students' written work ; -- Homework : problem sets -- Part VIII: Testing and grading. -- Promoting academic honesty ; -- Quizzes, tests, and exams ; -- Allaying students' anxieties about tests ; -- Multiple-choice and matching tests ; -- Short-answer and essay tests ; -- Grading practices ; -- Calculating and assigning grades -- Part IX: Presentation technologies. -- Flipcharts ; -- Chalkboards and whiteboards ; -- Interactive whiteboards ; -- Overhead projection ; -- Slide shows ; -- Video recordings and clips ; -- PowerPoint presentations -- Part X: Evaluation to improve teaching. -- Early feedback to improve teaching and learning ; -- Video recordings and classroom observations ; -- The teaching portfolio -- Part XI: Teaching outside the classroom. -- Holding office hours ; -- E-mail, text messages, and instant messages ; -- Academic advising and mentoring undergraduates ; -- Guiding, training, supervising, and mentoring graduate student instructors -- Part XII: Finishing up. -- The last days of class ; -- Student rating forms ; -- Writing letters of recommendation for students.