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When I meet with faculty, I often talk about the importance of moving our conversations about teaching beyond the “tips and tricks” to the kind of thought-provoking discussions that help ...
Late last summer we set the goal to liven up our discussion boards. We wanted ...
When students consider majoring in the humanities or social sciences, it’s only a matter of ...
Access can mean many different things in a classroom. For students with disabilities, access means ...
A few years ago, a student came to see me because she was having trouble ...
Whether you teach online or face-to-face, video is a great way to welcome students to ...
In a 1992 article in College Teaching, authors Mealy and Host identify three types of ...
In the fall of 2017, Niki Bray had a problem. The University of Memphis instructor ...
In many courses, students struggle to master the technical language of the discipline. The meaning ...
Please show me innovative teaching strategies I can actually use! As educators, we are often seeking ...
Good teaching requires a special blend of the personal and the professional. Although there’s a ...
Self-assessment is important for effective learning. Students who are skilled at examining their own thought ...
Some courses are more difficult to teach than others, and I think we’d all agree ...
Beyond Syllabus Policies: What Strategies Help Students Take Responsibility for Learning?
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When teachers are tasked with developing an online course, their thinking often follows along these ...
When final paper time looms, students become increasingly anxious about the grammatical errors they believe ...
There’s a new book out called Activating a Teaching-Learning Philosophy. The word “activating” caught my attention. To me that says “doing something about your teaching-learning philosophy.” Unfortunately, our current use ...
Late last summer we set the goal to liven up our discussion boards. We wanted a forum that encouraged diverse points of view, student questioning, and respectful debate. We did ...
"Students do not get educated because they study our beloved content. They get educated because they learn how to study our beloved content, and they carry the how of that learning with them in the world as cognitive and intellectual skills that stick long after the content is forgotten."
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