Motivating Students

Understanding Student Resistance to Active Learning

Michael Prince, PhD and Maryellen Weimer, PhD November 2, 2017

Fear of student resistance prevents many college teachers from adopting active learning strategies. That’s unfortunate, because these strategies have been shown to significantly increase student learning, improve retention in academic programs, and provide especially strong benefits to traditionally underrepresented student groups. Addressing two key questions

Student Resistance: Fact or Fiction

Maryellen Weimer October 26, 2017

When faculty consider adopting a new instructional approach, there’s always a question about how it will be received by students. Will they engage with it and learn from it, or will they resist, as in complain, participate reluctantly, and give the course and instructor low

Is It Relevant to Students?

Maryellen Weimer September 19, 2017

If what we’re teaching is relevant to students’ personal lives, future careers, and current success, that’s motivating, Leah Hoops observes and documents with references. If it’s not, students either don’t learn what we’re teaching or don’t learn it very well. Of course, from our vantage

Ways to Promote Student Responsibility for Learning

Maryellen Weimer September 6, 2017

As noted in the Teaching Professor Blog post, student responsibility for learning can happen in three different arenas. First and foremost, students are responsible for their learning. Teachers can encourage and support learning endeavors in a variety of ways, but students must do

A More Organic Approach to Encouraging Students to Use the Dictionary

John A. Dern, PhD July 17, 2017

The imperative “Help Students Get the Dictionary Habit” is one of the headings in the 2001 edition of John C. Bean’s book Engaging Ideas, specifically in a chapter called “Helping Students Read Difficult Texts.” Bean goes on to describe the importance of annotating unfamiliar words.

Reading Assignments, Activities, and Approaches to Promote Learning

Maryellen Weimer June 1, 2017

A collection of resources on getting students to read what’s assigned and strategies for developing college-level reading skills

Many students do not arrive in our courses with college-level reading skills. That usually ends up meaning a couple of things. First off, they

Ten Study Strategies for Students and Their Teachers

Maryellen Weimer May 5, 2017

Here’s one of those articles that really shouldn’t be missed, particularly for those with interest in making teaching and learning more evidence-based. Current thinking about evidence-based teaching and learning tends to be more generic than specific. Use any active learning strategy intermittently or even regularly,

Principles for the Professional Growth of Teaching: A Collection of Resources

Maryellen Weimer April 18, 2017

New Approaches, Instruments and Emphases

Eddy, S. L., Converse, M., and Wenderoth, M. P., (2015). PORTAAL: A classroom observation tool assessing evidence-base teaching practice for active learning in large science, technology, engineering and mathematics classes. Cell Biology Education, 14 (Summer), 1-16.
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How to Motivate Your Online Students

John Orlando March 22, 2017

Many years ago, a higher-education publication ran a commentary from a faculty member who complained that students were bored by her lectures because she was not entertaining them enough, but that she should not have to entertain them; however, she was wrong.

Activities for Developing a Positive Classroom Climate

Melissa Parks, PhD March 21, 2017

Positive classroom climate can encourage students to participate, think deeply about content, and engage peers in intellectual debate. Creating a classroom climate conducive to that type of expression can be difficult. Classrooms are filled with a diverse cross-section of our society representing multiple learning preferences

Motivating Students

Understanding Student Resistance to Active Learning

Student Resistance: Fact or Fiction

Is It Relevant to Students?

Ways to Promote Student Responsibility for Learning

A More Organic Approach to Encouraging Students to Use the Dictionary

Reading Assignments, Activities, and Approaches to Promote Learning

A collection of resources on getting students to read what’s assigned and strategies for developing college-level reading skills

Ten Study Strategies for Students and Their Teachers

Principles for the Professional Growth of Teaching: A Collection of Resources

How to Motivate Your Online Students

Activities for Developing a Positive Classroom Climate

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