This is the index for a series of essays originally published by The Professional & Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. Because of our licensing agreement, the essays may only be accessed from the Twin Cities campus of the University. The editor for this series is Virginia S. Lee, North Carolina State University. For more information about the POD Network, visit http://www.podnetwork.org/.

Reading Packet 7, 2006-2007: Improvement of Teaching and Assessment

Validity, Research, and Reality: Student Ratings of Instruction at the Crossroads

Improving Teaching through Classroom Action Research

Achieving Teaching and Learning Excellence through Faculty Learning Communities

Teaching Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty

Teaching Goals, Assessment, Academic Freedom, and Higher Learning

Making Sense (and Use) of Written Student Comments

Classroom Assessment and Classroom Research: Guidelines for Success

Leading Culturally Sensitive Classroom Discussions Following September 11

Countering Common Misbeliefs about Student Evaluation of Teaching

Using Student Centered Assessment Techniques to Facilitate Great Student Learning

Reading Packet 6, 2006-2007: Evaluation and Grading Issues

Helping Students help Each Other: Making Peer Feedback More Valuable

Students' Reactions to Performance-Based vs. Traditional Objective Assessment

I'd like to use essay tests, but . . .

In the Name of the Student. . .

Course Tests: Integral Features of Instruction

Student Plagiarism: Are Teachers Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

Practice Tests as Innovative Teaching Method

Vol. 15, 2003-2004

Student Plagiarism: Are Teachers Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

Taking Self Assessment Seriously

Promoting Learning through Inquiry

Great Expectations and Challenges for Learning Objects

Engaging the Whole Student: Interactive Theatre in the Classroom

Engaging Faculty in New Forms of Teaching and Learning

Self-Efficacy in College Teaching

Encouraging Civil Behavior in Large Classes

Vol. 14, 2002-2003

Leading Culturally Sensitive Classroom Discussions

Unlearning: A Critical Element in the Learning Process

Teaching Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty

Achieving Teaching and Learning Excellence Through Faculty Learning Communities

Creating a Culture of Co-Learners with Problem-Based Learning

Team Teaching: The Learning Side of the Teaching-Learning Equation

Improving Teaching Through Classroom Action Research

Helping Students Help Each Other: Making Peer Feedback More Valuable

Vol. 13, 2001-2002

College Teaching as an Educational Relationship

Teachers are Diverse, Too — Respecting Each Other's Beliefs

The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio

Imperatives for Reforming Pedagogy and Curriculum

Reflections on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Diversity Begins at Home: Multiculturalism in State and Regional Studies

From Cognitive Dissonance to Self-Motivated Learning

Teachers and Scholars as Designers: The Art and Practice of Instructional Design

Vol. 12, 2000-2001

Academic Service Learning: Myths, Challenges, and Recommendations

Classroom Assessment: Guidelines for Success

Cooperative Learning: It's Here to Stay

Emotion in the Classroom

Exploring Student Expectations

Integrating Learning Strategies into Teaching

Teaching in Action: Multicultural Education as the Highest Form of Understanding

Teaching With Hospitality