Shashi Shekhar/Teaching

Teaching

Teaching Statement

teaching statement (pdf) , January, 2015.

Influences

The medicore teacher tells
    The good teacher explains
        The superior teacher demonstrates
            The great teacher inspires
		
		- William arthur Ward

15 Provocative Questions for Creative Problem-Solving , Psychology Today, Dec. 18th, 2023.
Adapting College Writing for the Age of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT: Some Next Steps for Educators , By Anna Mills and Lauren M. E. Goodlad (licensed CC BY NC 4.0) , Critical AI, Jan. 17th, 2023.
Student Wellbeing Guide , Bakken Center for Spirityality and Healing, University of Minnesota, Fall 2020.
How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging: ADVICE GUIDE , Sarah Rose Cavanagh, Chronicle of Higher Education, March, 2019.
What makes a good teacher , Chronicle of Higher Education, Decmeber, 2015.
Becoming a Real Person , D. Brooks, NewYork Times, Sept. 8th, 2014.
Behaviorism, Constructivism, and Socratic Pedagogy , Peter Boghossian, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 38(6), 2006. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2006.00226.x).
Habits of Mind: Lessons for the Long Term , (e.g., curiosity, open-mindedness, intellectual courage, thoroughness, and humility), Chronicle of Higher Education, October 8th, 2012.
Colleges Should Teach Intellectual Virtues , (e.g., love of truth, honesty, courage, fairness, wisdom), Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 12th, 2012.
The 4-Letter Word That Everybody’s Talking About , (i.e., grit), Chronicle of Higher Education, October 8th, 2012.
Grades and Tests May Miss Measuring What Matters Most in Learning , Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15th, 2012.
How students learn?
- Literature on effective teaching , Forbes Leadership, 2013;
- The 7-Fundamental Conditions of Learning , Chronicle of Higher Education, April, 2015;
- How Exams Improve Students' Access to Their Brains , May, 2015.
- Small Changes in Teaching: The First 5 Minutes of Class , September 2017.
- Advice Guide: How to make your teaching more inclusivcwe , Chronicle of Higher Education, July 22nd, 2020.
- 3 Steps to Becoming a Better Teacher , psychology today, April 10th, 2023.
writing:
- Scholars Talk Writing: Steven Pinker , CHE, August 1st, 2016.
- 12 Techniques For Rapidly Checking The Readability Of Your Content, Forbes, Sep 26, 2019.
Structuring Discussions: How to Hold a Better Class Discussion : ADVICE GUIDE , Jay Howard, CHE, 2019. Animated illustration of thought bubbles
teamwork:
- Questions for ice-breaking or self-understanding
  - Artur Aron et al., Appendix (pp. 374-375): Questions for generating closeness and Smalltalk, The Experimental Generation of Interpresonal Closeness: A Procedude and Some Preliminary Findings, Personality and Social Psychology, 23(4):363-377, SAGE Social Science Collections, April 1997.
  - G. Lewandowski Jr., 36 Questions to Improve Your Self-Understanding, The Psychology of Relationships, Psychology Today, June 1, 2022. These guided reflections spark insight that will help you better know yourself.
- Why do teams of talented individuals so often underperform? The emerging science of żcollective intelligenceż may have the answers, David Robson, The science of creating a dream team, Psychology, 7th August 2019.
- Tuckman's stages of group development , wikipedia.
- Avoiding Team Conflict Can Be A Grave Mistake: Four Strategies For Healthy Team Conflict , Dana Brownlee, Forbes Career, May 21, 2019. (Nice raphics for Tuckman's stages of group formation).
mind tricks: Dear Forums : Jedi Mind Tricks in the Classroom , CHE, August 1st, 2016.
FAQ: Basic vs. Applied Research , CHE on Regrading Requests , CHE on Smart Praise for Students ,

Course Portfolios

CS 5715 (Previously 5980) : From GPS and Google Earth to Spatial Computing 2-page summary , Fall 2022 , Fall 2021 , Fall 2020 , Fall 2019 , Fall 2018 , Fall 2017 , Fall 2016 , Fall 2015 , Fall 2014 ( on-campus , MOOC on-Coursera ( lecture videos and readings , map of student locations, other ), Fall 2012 , Fall 2011 ,
Csci 8715 Spatial Data Management - Spring 2022 , Spring 2020 , Spring 2018 , Spring 2016 , Fall 2013 , Fall 2011 , Spring 2010 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2006 , Spring 2004 , Fall 2001
Csci 8799 (Graph Data Management, Spring 96) syllabus , Links
Csci 8701 (Overview of Database Research ) - Spring 2006 , Fall 2000
Csci 4707 : Practice of of Database Management Systems - Spring 2021 , Spring 2016 , Spring 2014 , Fall 2009 , Spring 2009 , Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2002
- syllabus, exams., notes
Csci / SE 5707 : Practice of of Database Management Systems : Fall 2013 , Fall 2011 , Fall 2004
Csci 5708 (Database Systems: Architecture and Implementation ): Spring 2020 , Spring 2019 , Spring 2017 , Spring 2015 , Spring 2013 , Spring 2011 , Spring 2010 , and Spring 2004
Csci 5705 (Object Relational Databases, Winter 99) - Syllabus
Csci 4061 (Operating Systems Programming, Fall 1999)
- syllabus, exams., notes (html)
Csci 5180 (Software Engineering I, Summer 98)
- syllabus, exams., notes (html)
Csci 1902: Algorithms and Data Structures I: Spring 2012 (with Java) , Winter 1996 (with C++ as Csci 3321
Csci 3316 (Scheme Programming I, Winter 97)
- syllabus, exams., notes (html)

Teaching Resources

Excellence in Teaching, Bush Foundation, Active Learning Active learning: Hands-on meets minds-on , AAAS Science, Oct. 1st, 2021. IS book with excellent web support, Links cde.psue.edu, Links libset.ucsd,
Web-resources: World Lecture Hall, IT Classes, Ext. Resources, IT Classes, O Reilly Training,
XML Databases: IBM Tutorial, Wrox Book chapter, alon levy, overview, Products, XML-QL, Penn State - DTD tutorial, papers, Widom papers,
Data Mining: Tutorial using Clementine, notes , Clementine, Clementine WP, demos,
Databases: Sample Exam., Ullman slides, PostgresSQL3, SQL Standards Home, SQL Links,
ERwin Tutorials: pomona, bryant, CA Erwin page (tips, trick) pomona, Adv. ERwin,
SQL Standards: SQL 2003, SQL Links, The DA Newsletter,
SQL Tutorials: SQL for web nerds, SQL Guide, andrew, andrew, 2, 3, Style, Tricks, SQL Tutorial w/ Java/Perl, NIST SQL examples , PL/SQL Manual, Oracle 7 Manual, Oracle8 manuals , Oracle SQL Manuals,
Oracle ucdavis slide on SQlplus, Oracle architecture etc., tutorials on SQLplus, Developer/2000, revealnet oracle summary, Oracle SQL for web nerds (tuning, dwh, java), cramsession.brainbuzz , Oracle summary, Oracle 7 Manual, PL/SQL Debugger, DBA FAQ, Slides , articles , Links 1* , 2 , 3 , jokes ,
Oracle Forms: Designer/2000 Developer/2000 tutorials - McFadden Book , Documentation:sss111/111111, FAQ, tutorial, objects, version2,
Python:
- Intermediate courses: Exercises from upriss ,
- Basic Course: Python Training Material from BITS VIB, Scripting Course from Bioinfo , Course from CMBI ,
- Java: The Java Tutorials,
- C/C++: Links, Win32 - 1,
- Software Eng.: 5180f96, Arizona, Comix, Proverbs, Resources, Software Eng., Web Module, Web Book, OOSE,
- CASE Tools: List, by category, Reviews, Honeywell DOME, Rational SEED Program, CASE Tools, TSER: A free CASE Tool,
- Object Technology: UK course ,
- Systems Programming: Ant ( Jakarta, iseran , modern development processes talk, ), Unix Resources, Using Unix, cramsession.brainbuzz , C overview, Gnu C library man pages, Gnu tools man pages, Linux man pages, FreeBSD man pages, 5102w98, Stalling's book + courses, NT courses, Systems Prog courses (see lectures), Unix courses(see code examples), Courses ( Haward, jhu, iit, akron, ) Silberschatz's book, Perl sockets, Java threads, MS Developer's Network, SUN developers Network, Unix links, C links, POSIX threads links, Perl POSIX , POSIX programmer's guide (TOC), AT examples ,
- Publishers: EngrText.com, PWS, ITP, Course Tech., wiley ,
- Software, Collection of Tools: MathTools (Matlab, C++, Java, ...), JavaCampus, Microsoft Academic Cooperative
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