Focus on Teaching and Learning

Focus on Teaching and Learning is a Web-based newsletter on events, issues, and ideas relevant to academic and organzational learning needs and interests of the College community.

Our spring 1997 edition is an Anthology containing articles from our first issue, Winter 1990, to  Fall 1996. A chronological and alphabetical list of articles is provided below. To obtain reprints of individual articles or of the special Anthology issue of Focus, contact us at IDEaS (13 Moon IDEaS, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY 13210, phone: 315-470-6810; FAX: 315-470-6890.

Focus Anthology Table of Contents
Alphabetical List of Authors

Spring 1997 vol. 8 no. 1

• TA Evaluations: One Experience
  Robert E. Chambers, Environmental & Forest Biology; Winter 1990, vol. 1, no. 1
• The Art and Craft of Teaching
  Donald J. Leopold, Environmental & Forest Biology; Spring 1990, vol. 1, no. 2
• A Potpourri of Tips for Successful Learning
  James Coufal, Forestry; Winter 1991, vol. 2, no. 1
• Regarding the Responsibilities of University Instruction
  James F. Palmer, Landscape Architecture, and Ralph Sanders, Environmental Studies; Spring 1991, vol. 2, no. 2
• Regarding University Instruction: Responses
  John A. Centra, Chair and Professor, Higher Education Program, Syracuse University and David H. Griffin, Professor, Environmental & Forest Biology; Fall 1991, vol.2 no. 3
• An Agenda for Action
  Dudley Raynal, Executive Chair, Faculty Governance, Environmental & Forest Biology; Spring 1991, vol. 2, no. 2
• Concept Maps: An Aid to Student Learning
  James M. Hassett, Forest Engineering; Winter 1992, vol. 3, no. 1
• Excellence in Teaching: A Discussion With Distinguished Teaching Professor Daniel L. Dindal
  Sandy Black, Environmental Studies, Undergraduate Student representative to the Subcommittee on Instructional Quality, and Win Everham, Environmental & Forest Biology, Graduate Student Representative to the Subcommittee on Instructional Quality; Winter 1992, vol. 3, no. 1
• Musings on Course Evaluation from a Student's Point of View
  Sandy Bonnanno, Graduate Student, Environmental & Forest Biology; Spring 1992, vol. 3, no. 2
• Excellence in Teaching: A discussion with Distinguished Teaching Professor George W. Curry
  Sandy Black, Environmental Studies, Undergraduate Student representative to the Subcommittee on Instructional Quality; Spring 1992, vol. 3, no. 2
• Gratzer on Teaching
  Miklos Gratzer, Forestry; Spring 1992, vol. 3, no. 2
• Ketchledge on Teaching: Observations on a Life Lived
  Edwin Ketchledge, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Environmental & Forest Biology; Spring 1992, vol. 3, no. 2
• Do You Know Anyone With a Disability?
  Mark Washburn, Undergraduate, Environmental Studies; Spring 1992, vol. 3, no. 2
• From Student to Teacher
  Dudley J. Raynal, Environmental & Forest Biology; Winter 1993, vol. 4, no. 1
• Vee Diagrams A Device to Help Students Learn
  James M. Hassett, Forest Engineering; Spring 1993, vol. 4, no. 2
• In Praise of Older Students
  Kal Island, Undergraduate, Environmental Studies; Spring 1993, vol. 4 no. 2
• Classroom Scholarship and Publication
  Ralph A. Sanders, Environmental Studies; Fall 1993, vol. 4, no.3
• Classroom Scholarship and Publication: An Update
  Winter 1996, vol. 7, no. 1
• Social Actions Simulations: An Educational Experience
  Robert E. Chambers, Environmental & Forest Biology; Winter 1994, vol. 5, no. 1
• Thoughts on Teaching
  James M. Hassett, Forest Engineering; Winter 1994, vol. 5, no. 1
• On the Importance of Teaching Assistants
  Robert L. Burgess, Environmental & Forest Biology; Fall 1994, vol. 5, no. 2
• Landscape Architecture as a Renaissance Education
  James F. Palmer, Landscape Architecture; Fall 1994, vol. 5, no. 2
• A Place for Peers in Teaching
  William F. Porter, Executive Chair of the Faculty and Director Adirondack Ecological Center; Fall 1994, vol. 5, no. 2
• Classroom Scholarship Grant Supports Collaborative Learning at ESF's Ranger School
  James M. Savage, Forestry; Fall 1994, vol. 5 no. 2
• Guidelines for Effective Field TripsFrom Trial and Error
  Ralph Nyland, Forestry; Winter 1995, vol. 6, no. 1
• The Role of Values in Landscape Architectural Education
  James F. Palmer, Landscape Architecture; Winter 1995, vol.6, no. 1
• Problem Solving and Writing: Why is it so Hard?
  James M. Hassett, Forest Engineering; Fall 1995, vol. 6, no. 2
• Some Pointers on Grading Lab Reports
  Rainer H. Brocke, Environmental & Forest Biology; Winter 1996, vol. 7, no. 1
• The Web at Work
  Jeri Lynn Smith, News and Publications; Winter 1996, vol. 7, no. 1
• Using the World Wide Web for Teaching and Learning
  David J. Soderberg, Administrative Computing; Winter 1996, vol. 7, no. 1

Appendix: Alphabetical List of Authors

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