I need to start out by saying that the article I’m writing about here isn’t for everyone. It’s not like any pedagogical piece I have
The June-July issue of The Teaching Professor newsletter highlights a study you don’t want to miss. It’s a meta-analysis of 225 studies that compare STEM
Teaching ethics is important in every field. Often it is taught with case studies or simulations. Students read a scenario and then decide whether an
For many years now, highlights from individual research studies that compare the effects of various active-learning strategies with lecture approaches have appeared in The Teaching
A “flipped exam” is how the authors describe this unique group exam activity. The students, all enrolled in a post-baccalaureate program at Wayne State University
Nothing works quite as well as a good question when it comes to getting the intellectual muscles moving. Given the daily demands of most academic
Course frameworks and structures have been changing during the past few years, in large part as a result of the many new options technology makes
Students often think of class sessions as isolated events—each containing a discrete chunk of content. Those who take notes during class will put the date
An email query about teaching personas reminded me how much I haven’t figured out about our teaching identities. I’m still struggling with very basic questions
A lot of students are in love with their highlighters, especially those bright, fluorescent-colored ones. They use them to highlight course materials, sometimes underlining whole
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