Small Teaching

Turn cognitive theory into straightforward classroom interventions that work in any discipline "Small Teaching is a treasure trove of information expertly laid out for busy faculty members. Given the small investment needed to implement the ideas in this book, along with the massive returns you will see in student learning, Small Teaching will easily be the best book in your teaching and learning portfolio." -Todd Zakrajsek, President and Conference Director, International Teaching Learning Cooperative, and author of Teaching at Its Best, 5th Edition The latest edition of Small Teaching delivers practical guidance on implementing the latest cognitive and educational research in the form of small, manageable, and actionable changes to your physical and virtual classroom. Author and experienced professor James M. Lang shows you how to adopt small tweaks that bring your classroom into alignment with the latest evidence in cognitive research, regardless of the discipline you teach. The new edition offers updated research, new examples and techniques, and brand-new resources to help you improve the ways in which your students recall information and connect with one another. By using brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions in a course, or small modifications in course design or communication with students, you'll spark positive change in your classroom and your students.