Title Details

1. From High School to College: The Entering Freshman.

2. The First Year: Coping with Challenges and Changes.

3. Learning Styles and Intellectual Development.

Part Two: Teaching Freshmen.

4. Knowing, Understanding, and Thinking: The Goals of Freshman Instruction.

5. Preparing a Syllabus and Meeting the First Class.

6. Presenting and Explaining.

7. Encouraging Student Involvement in the Classroom.

8. Fostering Active Learning Outside the Classroom.

9. Evaluating Student Learning.

10. Grading.

Part Three: Special Challenges in Teaching Freshmen.

11. Teaching Large Classes.

12. Advising and Mentoring as Teaching Opportunities.

13. Developing Study and Learning Skills.

14. Strengthening Commitments to Freshman Teaching.