When you use group work—say, for a project or assignment—do you appoint group leaders? André (2011) was under the impression that most of us use
Free riders—those who don’t do their fair share of work in a group—frustrate students, especially when they get the same grade as everyone else in
I read a quote this week that has been following me around. It expresses a view fairly common among faculty, I suspect. The article (D’Abate
My interest in making exams more about learning and less about grades continues. I’m also a realist: exams will always be about grades. But could
I am proposing an assignment that grows out of an interesting piece of research (Neu, 2015) in which students collected images of those they’d approach
Few metaphors have generated more objections than equating students to customers and education to a product. It faces challenges on multiple fronts. Tuition dollars do
Part of the lasting impact of the scholarship on teaching philosophies highlighted in my previous column results from the activities the authors (Beatty et al.,
Several discipline-based teaching journals now annually recognize articles that have had lasting impact. It’s a great way to honor pieces of scholarship that have advanced
We expect a lot of students as learners these days. Knowledge acquisition now means more than just receiving information. It involves students in actively constructing
Students must comply with lots of educational requirements. They take “required” general education and major courses. Sometimes the sequences of those courses is also mandated.
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