Large Classes

While the resources for teaching large classes provided on this page are not comprehensive, they have been reviewed by the CIIA and deemed exceptionally useful.

• Large Class FAQ, Class Planning, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Penn State University.
• Large Classes: Limiting the Chaos, University of Waterloo, Canada.
• About Teaching Large Classes, Teaching Support Centre, University of Western Ontario.
• Considerations for Large Lecture Classes, The Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkley.
• Teaching Large Classes, Faculty Innovation Center, University of Texas at Austin.

• How to Evaluate Group Work, Center for Teaching Innovation, Cornell University.
• Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs), Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University.
• Writing Multiple-Choice Questions that Demand Critical Thinking, Teaching Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon.
• Teaching and Assessing Large Classes, Video series from UNSW Australia.

• Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes, Richard M. Felder, North Carolina State University.
• Establishing Rapport: Personal Interaction and Learning, Neil Fleming, Idea Paper 39, The Idea Center
• Large Classes: A Teaching Guide: Personalizing the Large Class, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland
• Making a Large Class Small, The Center for Teaching and Learning, UNC Charlotte.
• Pronounce Names, a search engine to find phonetic transcriptions of names.

• The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Individualized Learning in a Large Class, University of Iowa. Tips for getting students to engage with the class and the material. 
• Incorporating Discussion in Large Classes, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech. Tips for building community and maintaining engagement through discussion in large classes. 
• Managing Difficult Classroom Discussions, Indiana University Bloomington. A simple breakdown of strategies for both before and during classroom conversations, as well as solutions to potential issues. 
• Large Classes: Teaching Tips, Center for Teaching Innovation, Cornell University. Includes strategies for improving student communication, connection, community, and learning, as well as developing structure and grading practices.  
• Tips for Teaching Large Classes, Jenny Lloyd-Strovas, Ph.D, University of Texas. Strategies for overcoming the challenges of large classes, including in student participation, rapport, assessment, and classroom management.
• Large Classes and Lectures, University of Michigan. A list of further resources on large class management and lecturing. 

• Effective Lecturing, IDEA Paper #46, The Idea Center.
• Teaching Large Classes, Center for Teaching and Learning, UT Austin.
• Teaching with Lectures, The Teaching Center, Washington University in St. Louis.
• The "Change-Up" in Lectures, Joan Middendorf & Alan Kalish, Teaching Resources Center, Indiana University.
• Interactive Lecturing, Pedagogy in Action, Carleton College