#  Teaching Fellow Resources 

 



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## **Scientific Teaching**

**Workshops:**

The [Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning](http://bokcenter.harvard.edu) is a great place to further your teaching techniques, whether you are highly experienced or a new teaching fellow.

Below are the presentations from the **2014 Scientific Teaching Workshop** for first year graduate students in the MCO (Molecules, Cells, and Organisms) training program.

- [Active Learning session](/file_url/456)
- [Active Learning handout](/file_url/457)
- [Assessment Session](/file_url/459)
- [Goals and Objectives handout](/file_url/454)
- [Bloom's Taxonomy handout](/file_url/455)
- [Inclusive Teaching presentation](/file_url/452)
- [How People Learn session](/file_url/453)
- [Key points from the workshop](/file_url/460)

**Classroom Materials:**

The [Center for Scientific Teaching](http://cst.yale.edu) at Yale University hosts a collection of **[Teachable Tidbits](http://cst.yale.edu/teachable-tidbit-general-categories)**, instructional materials for undergraduate life sciences courses. The Tidbits were created by faculty participants at the National Academies [Summer Institutes](http://www.academiessummerinstitute.org/) on Undergraduate Education in Science.

**Recommended reading:**

- Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). [Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics.](http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/05/08/1319030111.abstract) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 201319030. doi:10.1073/pnas.1319030111
- Hake, R. R. (1998). Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses. American Journal of Physics, 66(1), 64. doi:10.1119/1.18809
- Handelsman, J., Miller, S., and Pfund, C. [Scientific Teaching](http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Teaching-Jo-Handelsman/dp/1429201886) (This is a book; the link is to Amazon)
- Mestre, J.P. Facts and Myths about Pedagogies of Engagement in Science Learning. Peer Review. Winter 2005. 24-27.
- Silverthorn, D.U. 2006. Teaching and Learning in the Interactive Classroom. Adv Physiol Educ. 30: 135-140.
- Wiggins, G., and J. McTighe. 2001. Understanding by Design.
- Wood, W.B. 2009. Innovations in Teaching Undergraduate Biology and Why We Need Them. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 25: 93-112.
- [Implicit Bias Test](https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/) - Developed by Brian Nosek, Mahzarin Banaji, and Tony Greenwald