Teaching Undergraduate Science

Teaching Undergraduate Science offers college and university instructors evidence-based strategies to help students learn those specific skills and habits of mind necessary for succeeding in STEM fields.

Linda C. Hodges is Emerita Director of the Faculty Development Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA; past Director of the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University, USA; and a former tenured chemistry professor. She publishes widely on research in teaching and learning.

1. Introduction: Making the most of the time we spend teaching 2. Engendering students' sense of belonging and engagement in STEM 3. Motivating, engaging, and empowering students to learn on their own 4. Helping students get the most out of class time 5. Helping students learn from reading 6. Helping students learn, and learn from, problem solving 7. Helping students learn from tests and assignments 8. Helping students learn from laboratory work and research 9. Helping students learn to write like a scientist 10. Making choices about what and how to teach in STEM