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Instruction at FSU:
A Guide to Teaching & Learning Practices

This handbook has been designed to help those instructional faculty and graduate teaching assistants who are interested in being more effective teachers. It offers strategies used by experienced instructors and presents instructional methods and techniques following four components of Instructional Design: Course Planning, Lesson Delivery, Student Testing and Grading, and Course Revision and Evaluation.

Read the chapters online in the links below, or scroll to the bottom of this page to download a zipped file of the entire handbook.

1. Course Planning - Content
   • Chapter 1 - Designing an Effective Course (1.2 Mb)
   • Chapter 2 - Determining Learning Objectives (360 Kb)
   • Chapter 3 - Creating a Syllabus (451 Kb)
2. Course Planning - Management
   • Chapter 4 - Knowing Your Students (311 Kb)
   • Chapter 5 - Managing Students and the Classroom Climate (311 Kb)
   • Chapter 6 - Especially for TAs (319 Kb)
3. Lesson Delivery
   • Chapter 7 - Lecturing Effectively (360 Kb)
   • Chapter 8 - Using Active Learning in the Classroom (446 Kb)
   • Chapter 9 - Instructional Media: Chalkboards to Video (381 Kb)
   • Chapter 10 - Using Course Websites as Instructional Tools (565 Kb)
   • Chapter 11 - Teaching Contexts (410 Kb)
4. Student Assessment
   • Chapter 12 - Testing and Assessment Issues (524 Kb)
   • Chapter 13 - Grading (471 Kb)
5. Course Evaluation and Revision
   • Chapter 14 - Improving Your Teaching With Feedback (328 Kb)
6. Campus and Community Resources
   • Chapter 15 - Support and Resources (291 Kb)

Download a zipped file of the entire handbook in PDF format (2 Mb)
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