Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, 4th Edition - Tapa blanda

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LINDA B. NILSON is the founding director of Clemson University's Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation. Her career as a full-time faculty development director spans over 25 years. Along with four editions of Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, she has authored three other books: The Graphic Syllabus and the Outcomes Map: Communicating Your Course (Jossey-Bass, 2007); Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills (Stylus, 2013); and Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time (Stylus, 2015).

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PRAISE FOR TEACHING AT ITS BEST, 4th EDITION

"This book is a treasure. It is a comprehensive and practical handbook on college teaching, which every professor—new or experienced, full or part-time—would be wise to keep in handy reach."
—Arthur Levine, president, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and president emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University

"All faculty members from new adjuncts to experienced professors will improve their teaching if they read the latest version of Linda Nilson's essential and very practical handbook on teaching. Nilson's comprehensive review of the literature will help all faculty members who are about to begin or are engaged in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning."
—Phyllis Blumberg, assistant provost for faculty and leadership development, University of the Sciences

"What a great book! In her usual clear and concise manner, Linda Nilson offers up a solid guide to Teaching at Its Best. Experienced and novice teachers looking to improve their teaching will find this book interesting and useful."
—Jim Sibley, director, Center for Instructional Support, University of British Columbia

"Only Linda Nilson, truly a teacher of teachers, could have written this book. Every professor should buy it, read it, live it."
—Tara Gray, director, New Mexico State University Teaching Academy

"If you are committed to excellent teaching and student learning you simply must have a copy of Teaching at Its Best in your library. This Fourth Edition is even better than the previous edition, which is nothing short of amazing. Kudos to Dr. Nilson for creating yet another essential resource on effective teaching and learning."
—Todd Zakrajsek, associate professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill