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Content tagged: class discussions

Reconsidering Grading Students on Class Participation

Article: Monday, February 22nd, 2010

A common phrase uttered during the first day of class is: “You will be graded on class participation.” As instructors we know what we expect. But what exactly ... Read full story »

A Novel Approach to Encouraging Class Participation

Article: Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Most instructors attempt to encourage class participation by making it part of the overall grade. But evaluating individual contributions and promoting a substantive, intriguing discussion at the same time is ... Read full story »

Values Surveys: Linking Course Content and Students’ Lives

Article: Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Last week, while teaching Dante’s Inferno, I moderated a lively two-day class discussion about medieval and modern values and religion. How did Dante define virtue? How do we define it? ... Read full story »

Introverted Students in the Classroom: How to Bring Out Their Best

Article: Monday, July 27th, 2009

To promote learning, we encourage our students to be actively involved in class discussions by asking and answering questions. Even if we do not include class participation in our ... Read full story »

Using Twitter to Facilitate Classroom Discussions

Article: Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

As a history major I usually found most of my history courses pretty interesting. Certainly some were more interesting than others but I think that had more to do with ... Read full story »

Group Work Ineffective? Try Pairing Students for Better Accountability, Learning

Article: Friday, March 20th, 2009

Although group work can provide a welcome change to the regular classroom routine, the results are rarely all positive. Invariably, one or two students in each group, because they are ... Read full story »

The 10 Key Rules for Managing Time in Online Teaching

Article: Sunday, June 15th, 2008

In my several years of teaching online I have developed a variety of time-management tools that have helped me to stay on top of my classes while making my efforts ... Read full story »

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