Mathematics Department

 

Developmental Program

Contact Information

Courses

      Math 1090

      Math 1100

      Math 1110

Tips For Success

Available Help

      Tutor Lab

      SI Review Sessions

      Academic Skills Center

 

MathXL

      MathXL Course ID

      Registering for MathXL

      MathXL Help Line

WileyPlus URL

Registrar

      Final Exam Schedule

      Online Class List

      Gen Ed Proficiencies

      Proficiency 3 Courses

 

 

 

Instructor Resources

Instructor's Resource Page

Resources Written For Our Text Book

Mathematics in Action Prealgebra Text Publisher's Resources

Mathematics in Action Algebra I Text Publisher's Resources

Algebra Form and Function Instructor's manual, Student Solution Manual, and PowerPoint Presentations can be found in WileyPlus under Prepare & Present.

WMU Resources

Office of Faculty Development at Western Michigan University is dedicated to promoting excellence in teaching.

Teachers Helping Teachers -- The goal of this innovative site is:

• To provide basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers; ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom.
• To provide new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers.
• To provide a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world.

Other Teaching Resources

The University of Rochester's Department of Physics and Astronomy has a paper Notes and Suggestions for Teaching Assistants in Science and Engineering.
Here are some selected highlights:

• Advice to TA's Regarding Students Working Together
• Advice Regarding Communication Difficulties
• Some Important Items that Even Experienced Teachers Forget
• Checklist of Classroom Techniques

Yale Graduate Teaching Center -- Yale University's web page dedicated to improving the teaching skills of graduate students. Includes references to workshops, educational resources, and seminars.

Recommended books on teaching available at Western Michigan University's Education Library are :

• Tools for Teaching, Barbara Gross Davis, Josse-Bass, 1993
• Teaching Tips, W.J. McKeachie, 8th ed., D.C. Heath, 1986

Online Resources

Teaching and Learning Search This collection includes links to sites that use the World Wide Web for learning.

Writing HTML is a tutorial for creating Web pages. The site was created to help teachers create learning resources that access information on the Internet.

The On-line Books Page -- A good place to look for a text or reference. Literally hundreds of books are on-line through this Carnegie Mellon service. Texts are frequently being added.

TA Electronic Discussion List -- an electronic discussion list for college and university TA's all over the world. Discuss issues of interest and concerns to graduate Teaching Assistants. This will begin the composition of an e-mail message which allows you to join the list. In the body of the message put: sub t-assist your first name your last name. Be sure the return address is the e-mail address you want your messages sent.