The Teaching Professor
I believe my capacity for empathy is an essential part of my teaching persona. For that reason, I was more than intrigued by the title of Paul Bloom’s book Against ...
One of the goals of professional programs is to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving ...
In August 2017, Inside Higher Ed featured an article describing a controversial “stress reduction policy” ...
What does Tampa, that palm-fronded gem on Florida’s Gulf Coast, have to do with critical ...
Do you use auto-graded multiple-choice and true-false quizzes and exams? If so, why? Is it ...
Most faculty assume that students would welcome any use of social media in a course. ...
Educators concerned with the quality of learning and instruction have called for a greater focus ...
Students can learn from and with each other—that’s supported by multitudes of research and maybe ...
Do you see the same problems in student assignments time after time? Do you find ...
Pre-Entry Information
Students traditionally receive only the course description and textbook list prior to starting a class. ...
Active learning improves student performance and increases enthusiasm for learning. But despite its known benefits, ...
We often think of writing as a reflection of finished thinking, whether it be via ...
When I was asked to create an online course 20 years ago, I simply transcribed ...
How Can I Manage the Disconnect Between Faculty and Student Perceptions of Rigor to Increase Learning?
Students and teachers don’t always define rigor in the same way. If you asked your students to define rigor, what would they say? Would their answers match yours? Would it matter if they didn’t? Watch Now »
The collection of cheating scenarios provided below are adapted from a variety used in research ...
How well a class functions is the result of both what the teacher does and ...
The body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of regular quizzes on assigned readings continues to grow. They’ve been shown to raise exam scores in courses from different disciplines, at two- ...
One of the goals of professional programs is to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving abilities, however it’s not always easy to create authentic exercises that enable students to practice ...
“Students’ success as learners would advance if they had a larger repertoire of study strategies, if they could match study strategies with learning tasks, and if they constructively confronted how they studied with how they performed.”
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