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Teaching Large Classes

Guides & websites that discuss the challenges and opportunities concomitant with teaching large classes.

• Classroom Practices and Activities. This brief guide was created for English 180 instructors but contains ideas for teaching writing that may be of use across disciplines.
• Teaching Writing In Large Classes. This site, developed by the University of Minnesota, contains links to best practices and assignments for large classes.
• Teaching Large Classes (Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater) contains a useful bibliography.
• Teaching Large Classes (Univ. of Queensland) is a site that contains a wide variety of resources.
• Teaching Large Classes (Penn State) is a resource rich site.
• Teaching Large Classes (University of Arkansas) is a site that lists links to other sites about, yes, teaching large classes.

ERIC database searches

 Below are searches from the ERIC database of scholarly articles keyed to General Education. These searches will run automatically for WIU students and faculty and automatically update themselves.

• Writing Assignments
  • Peer reviewed articles regarding writing assignments in higher education.
  • The same search as before but limited to full text articles.
• Assessment
  • Full text articles on General Education assessment at the program level.
• Teaching Methods
  • Articles on General Education pedagogy from a variety of disciplines.
  • Student attitudes toward General Education.