It was a syllabus used in a small, upper-division political science seminar, which explains the name and the question of interest to the teacher of
“Enabling interaction in a large class seems an insurmountable task.” That’s the observation of a group of faculty members in the math and physics department
Whatever philosophical and empirical issues college teachers may have with the Rate My Professor (RMP) website, there is no denying that the site in now
Current thinking about the role of feedback in learning is changing. Several important articles that we’ve highlighted in previous issues have proposed less focus on
“From the way students act at the beginning of a class we can tell a great deal about the profs who taught them previously.” It’s
The evidence that students retain content longer and can apply it better when exams and finals are cumulative is compelling. When I pointed to the
Is it time to change the online learning conversation? The debate about whether online courses are a good idea continues with most people still on
The emergence of different kinds of group work is a welcome outgrowth of the move away from lectures. There’s still plenty of lecturing going on,
Blogging can be a tool that aids learning. “Blogs provide students with an opportunity to ‘learn by doing’ to make meaning through interaction with the
Many of us have encountered cohort groups in our teaching, and by that I mean those groups of students that proceed together through a program,
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