Supplemental Resources: Supporting Student Learning
Where Can I Go to Find Assignments and Activities to Adapt?
Resources at UW-Madison
- The UW-Madison Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Sourcebook a collection of strong writing assignments created by instructors at UW.
Open-Access or Creative-Commons-Licensed Resources
- Project CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments) is an open-access resource for faculty and librarians. (Resource opens in new tab.)
Recommended Texts
- Angelo, Thomas A., and K. Patricia Cross. 1993. Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
- Barkley, Elizabeth F, Claire Howell Major, and K. Patricia Cross. (2014). Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (Digital copy available through UW-Madison libraries.)
- Barkley, Elizabeth F. and Claire Howell Major (2018). Interactive lecturing: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco, CA: Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass; John Wiley & Sons. (Digital copy available through UW-Madison libraries.)
- Barkley, Elizabeth F. and Claire Howell Major (2016). Learning assessment techniques: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass. (Digital copy available through UW-Madison libraries.)
Discipline-Specific Suggestions from MTLE Fellows
- Carleton College’s Environmental Science Activities collection has a series of activities and assignments for K-12 and undergraduate instructors.
