Reddit reviews McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers (College Teaching Series)

> Not to try to force your view to fit into my framework of effort, learning, and achievement, but it seems like you respect all three by willing to be flexible -- in a purposive way, not a spineless way -- about the last point. Fair assessment?

I suppose. A lot of my philosophy of teaching is based on the idea of Bloom's Hierarchy. At a very basic level, there are several tiers of learning or understanding.

• Knowledge
  
• Comprehension
  
• Application
  
• Analysis
  
• Synthesis
  
• Evaluation
  
  For me, an A student makes it successfully to Evaluation. I don't try to grade effort, or learning, as they're hard to assess.
  
  > Man, I haven't actually talked with professors/teachers like this since I always felt like I had to hold back from saying things since they might think I was just sucking up. Philosophy of teaching is super interesting.
  
  I take a lot of my teaching philosophy from McKeachie's Teaching Tips. It's an excellent read if you are interested.
  
  > Anyway, I'd also like to get back to my original question. If I were a professor and you were my student, and you currently had a B and didn't know why but really wanted to know what you should do to deserve an A, then how would you ask me? How would you phrase the question?
  
  I think I'd show up and indicate that I had a real desire to better understand the material, and demonstrate my understanding. I'd also explain where I thought I was having trouble, and ask for help getting past these issues. Show skills in self evaluation, and a desire to improve the level of your understanding.

Start here. Your university library should have it.

McKeachie's Teaching Tips