ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS.

PART ONE: Understanding First-Year Students.

Chapter 1: First-Year Students in Perspective.

Chapter 2: Intellectual Development in College.

Chapter 3: Learning Styles.

PART TWO: Effective Instruction for First-Year Students.

Chapter 4: Knowing, Understanding, Thinking, and Learning How to Learn: The Goals of First-Year Instruction.

Chapter 5: Preparing a Syllabus and Meeting the First Class.

Chapter 6: Presenting and Explaining.

Chapter 7: Creating Involvement in the Classroom.

Chapter 8: Encouraging Active Reading.

Chapter 9: Supporting Active Study Practices.

Chapter 10: Trying Transformed Teaching.

Chapter 11: Evaluating Student Learning.

Chapter 12: Grading.

PART THREE: Opportunities and Challenges in First-Year Instruction.

Chapter 13: Creating Inclusion in First-Year Classrooms and Curricula.

Chapter 14: Teaching Large Classes.

Chapter 15: Sustaining Engagement Outside Class: Office Hours, Advising, and First-Year Seminars.

Chapter 16: Strengthening Commitment to First-Year Instruction.

REFERENCES.

INDEX.