Maryellen Weimer

Maryellen Weimer is a professor emerita of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks and won Penn State's Milton S. Eisenhower award for distinguished teaching in 2005. Weimer has consulted with more than 600 colleges and universities on instructional issues and regularly keynotes national meetings and regional conferences.

Weimer has edited The Teaching Professor newsletter since 1987 and writes the Teaching Professor Blog. A distinguished scholar and author, Dr. Weimers books include Inspired College Teaching: A Career-Long Resource for Professional Growth (Jossey-Bass, 2010), Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Professional Literature that Makes a Difference (Jossey-Bass, 2006), and Improving Your Classroom Teaching (Sage Publications, 1993). Her Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, 2nd ed. (Jossey-Bass, 2013) remains one of the most influential books for educators looking to adopt a learner-centered approach in their classrooms.

Updated 05-27-2017

- Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, On-Demand Seminars
- An Integrated Approach to Student Exams
- $29.00 – $697.00
- Discover simple strategies you can use every day, whether online or in the classroom, to ensure exams are not simply perceived as grade-generating mechanisms but instead recognized as enriched learning tools that will have a significant impact on student success.
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- Classroom Management, Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars
- Student Entitlement: Truth, Fiction, or Some of Both?
- $29.00 – $697.00
- Discover what the research has documented about the extent of academic entitlement. Is it associated with certain personality characteristics? Does it result from approaches taken to parenting? Are the attitudes cultivated in earlier educational experiences? Is there widespread agreement as to what it looks like when college students are acting and sounding entitled?
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Talking about Student Evaluation Results: What to Say and How to Say It
- $29.00 – $697.00
- Explore ways to communicate about rating results using three scenarios based on common situations, with the goal of making the exchange a constructive conversation about teaching and learning.
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- Faculty, Magna All Access, On-Demand Seminars, Personal Development
- Considering the Courage and Practice of Teaching
- $29.00 – $197.00
- Parker Palmer, PhD, and Maryellen Weimer, PhD, talk about the underpinnings of their approaches to their work as teachers. They discuss the critical role of self-knowledge as a precursor to your work with students, as well as why it is the key to growth and development as teachers.
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- Active and Engaged Students, Books, Faculty
- Active Learning: A Practical Guide for College Faculty
- $39.00
- Learn how to apply active learning methods in both small and large classes, as well as in an online teaching environment. Whether you are new to active learning methods or experienced with them, this comprehensive reference book can guide you every step of the way.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Can I Make My Exams More about Learning, Less about Grades?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Learn how you can transform exams into enhanced opportunities for student learning with practical solutions to the three core problems with exams today. Making exams better suit your learning goals requires student participation at every step of the process. Your presenter, Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., shares real-world, tested guidelines for integrating student input.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
- What Is the Best Way to Grade Participation?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- You know how essential it is for students to be active participants in their education. But how do you grade them on it? In this program, you'll learn an overview of what not to do when grading participation, activities worth doing, how to do them, and how to evaluate your own process.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Do I Give Feedback that Improves Student Writing?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Trying to teach students to improve their writing can be like trying to teach cats to fetch: Demonstrate all you want, encourage all you want, implore all you want—you're apt to be met with nothing but blinks. We share seven novel feedback techniques that will motivate your students and drive real improvement in their writing.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Design and Preparation, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Do I Create a Climate for Learning in My Classroom?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- We've all encountered toxic learning environments—apathetic students, disillusioned faculty, an entire roomful of people waiting for class to just end, already. Keeping the classroom climate positive is the responsibility of both sides. Learn valuable concepts you can put to work right away in every class.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- Even though many faculty members routinely spell out course requirements in syllabi and give announcements and reminders, students continue to come to class unprepared. We provide several dynamic strategies that you can use to help students learn the value of reading.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Do I Get More Students to Participate in Class?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- A limited number of students make the majority of contributions in your classroom today. Although getting more students to participate is challenging, the good news is that it can be done, and it doesn't have to involve such tactics as cold calling on students or resorting to a points system. We describe 18 strategies that work and show how to get students to participate in class.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access
- How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students?
- $29.00 – $399.00
- In this 20-minute session, you'll come away with expert strategies from a world-renowned teaching and learning specialist that will move students toward becoming effective learners with integrity, allowing them to pursue understanding, learn from failures, and continue learning for life.
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Maryellen Weimer

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