Any list of best practices has great appeal—sometimes immense popularity. And for good reason. Like prepackaged food, they’re ready to go. For busy faculty who
Getting a handle on the effectiveness of widely used instructional strategies is a challenge. They’re used in different fields and with broadly divergent design details.
Where do you stand on extra credit? All but one of the more than 20 faculty who shared their views with us endorsed it. By
Cases have a long tradition in business education, with a robust body of scholarship supporting their use. They been used for years as part of
These extra credit assignments were submitted in response to our request for samples. We’ve organized them by the goals they seek to advance. In some
It’s not often I write a column and then continue to wonder about the arguments it sets forth, but that’s been happening with my recent
Exchanging ideas, sharing information, and voicing opinions in an online course isn’t the same as doing so when the class meets face-to-face. Even so, some
Quiet and talkative students find their places on opposites sides of a continuum. At the ends are students who never speak and students who never
In most courses the quiet students outnumber the talkative ones. And although some quiet students occasionally speak, there are others who make their way through
“Even for the most experienced instructor, determining the best ways to establish and strengthen relationships with students in higher education settings can, at times, be
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