The past several decades have seen an interest in learning surge. It’s always been part of our educational endeavors, but the recent focus on it
Here’s a collection of five different participation policies. I encourage you to use them to stimulate thinking and conversations about how a participation policy’s content
Most of the advice students hear on how to study comes from teachers. We offer it verbally in class before and after exams, in online
Every teacher has strengths and weaknesses. Have you ever tried to list yours? Doing so is a worthwhile activity. I’d recommend doing it in private
How well a class functions is the result of both what the teacher does and what the students do. The way we solicit course evaluation
Most college faculty are terribly well-intentioned. We care about student success. The material in our courses is important; we want students to learn it. And
One thing about student evaluations that troubles me is how they give students the impression that it’s the teacher who makes or breaks the course.
When we learn something outside the comfort zone, we attempt to acquire knowledge or skills in an area where we’re lacking. Part of the discomfort
To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that
Interest in and use of peer assessment has grown in recent years. Teachers are using it for a variety of reasons. It’s an activity that
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