EdTheory

Hosted by the site Brain Pickings, this article is a good review of fixed mindset vs. growth mindset. Also, there is a great info graphic to help explain the difference.

Brief and concise overview of the different Kirkpatrick evaluation levels.

Great overview of all the levels of the Kirkpatrick Model of Evaluation.

Article about how the Kirkpatrick evaluation method can be applied to a student research program.

A great document that provides details on how to enhance the information contained within the syllabus to truly make it learner centered.

Also from ASCD, this is a short one-page summary of the 16 habits of mind. This resource is short, straight forward, and has fun little graphics.

This short video (~14 minutes) is a TED Talk by Carol Dweck on "Growth Mindset". She highlights her research in mindsets for growth. She emphasizes the idea and power of "yet"; a educational theory that can lead to greater confidence and promotes a mindset for growth. Her research focuses on improving learning and achievements through the educational structures focused on growth mindset.

The original four levels of training evaluation created by Dr. Don Kirkpatrick in the 1950s have been clarified with the New World Kirkpatrick Model. Below is an outline of the updated Kirkpatrick Model of training evaluation with the original definitions and new explanations.

Establishes how students learn through stories and how learning is a narrative (constructivist) process.

Briefly explains the history of teaching through storytelling and outlines the educational benefits derived from storytelling in higher education.

Describes adult learning, explores the effectiveness of storytelling on adult learning, and describes 3 major methods of storytelling in classrooms.

Creating a lesson plan to revolves around your learning objectives.

A brief description of developing a general lesson plan.

By far, the most comprehensive e-learning document that sheds a ton of light on developing a great syllabus that conveys strong points to the audience but also making the document engaging.

Provides a brief document with major components of the syllabus with general tips for each section.

This website from Carnegie Mellon provides a brief summary on case studies and how they can be most effectively used in the classroom setting. I really liked it because I found it to be very succinct and a good starting point for this topic. This website also has a few other links on the left that could be useful for other aspects of preparing to teach a class.

Not primary literature, but a collection of other presentations given for another course, Education Technologies. They discuss how to give presentations in teaching. Many of them follow Edgar Dale's approach.

The study shows that the level of interaction of a demonstration can range from passive (more entertainment purposes) to engaged understanding. The greater the engagement, the better the learning. Predicting and discussing a demonstration resulted in better retention (correct prediction and explanation of the same demo on a test) than simply observing it.

Informative study looking at how what students get out of a demonstration can vary widely depending on how it is approached. I think this shows very effectively that demonstrations given without background instruction, context, or guidance can fail to show the intended concept. Observers need to know what to look for.

An interesting article from 2002 that discusses the use of stories within our formal education to simulate the complexity of real-world issues.