Tips on Teaching First Year Students

First Year Interest Groups at Saint Louis University

Michigan State University
Teaching Methods: Teaching First Year Students

Dartmouth Writing Program
• Active Learning in the First-Year Writing Classroom
• Teaching Argument
• Teaching the Writing Process
• Teaching Research
• Teaching Style
• Teaching Writing with other Media

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Teaching Millennial Students
Key Considerations and Implications
• General characteristics
• Examples of Educational Implications
• Samples of Actions Taken

Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Podcast
Episode 5 – James Lang on Teaching First Year Students
Plus references to other pertinent sites:

• “The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment” by James Lang
• The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School by Tim Clydesdale
• “William Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development” by William Rapaport

Last updated 01.10.11