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Cell Phones in the Classroom: Is It Time to Reconsider Your Policy?

Article: Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

My class had just finished covering three chalkboards with a rather dazzling array of concept clusters, illustrations, and links among disparate ideas. Clearly, a lot of learning had been generated. ... Read full story »

Classroom Management 102: Working with Difficult Students

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Get Effective Strategies for Teaching Challenging Students Classroom Management 102: Working with Difficult Students Professors are asked to handle an increasingly difficult array of problem student behaviors in the classroom. These problems ... Learn more »

Four Tips for Dealing with Difficult Students

Article: Friday, March 26th, 2010

Managing students who are disruptive, those who lack motivation and appear as though they would rather be any place than in the classroom, is easier when faculty take the right ... Read full story »

White Paper: Coping with Seven Disruptive Personality Types in the Classroom

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Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Students White Paper: Coping with Seven Disruptive Personality Types in the Classroom At some point in your teaching career you are going to be faced ... Learn more »

What Students Expect from Instructors, Other Students

Article: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Some years back The Teaching Professor featured an article highlighting Mano Singham’s wonderful piece describing how he moved away from a very authoritarian, rule-centered syllabus (reference below). It’s one of ... Read full story »

Conditions Associated with Classroom Conflict

Article: Friday, January 29th, 2010

Students can and do regularly disrupt the classroom. Sometimes they are openly hostile, challenging the teacher’s authority and objecting to course requirements and classroom policies. More often, the conflict grows ... Read full story »

Making the Most of the First Day of Class

Article: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The first day of class is an important time. In addition to the usual housekeeping tasks that need to be accomplished, there are other critical functions – not the least ... Read full story »

Building Student Engagement: 15 Strategies for the College Classroom

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Tips for setting the stage for active learning Building Student Engagement: 15 Strategies for the College Classroom The more time students spend as active participants in learning activities, the more ... Learn more »

A Smart Way to Handle Student Excuses

Article: Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Students and excuses seem to go hand in hand. Sometimes the excuses result from real events and personal problems that legitimately prevent a student from being in class, completing an ... Read full story »

The Department Chair’s Role in Dealing with Disruptive Students

Article: Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Most professors will have to deal with classroom disruptions at some point, from the relatively minor—students who show up for class late or who talk excessively—to the more serious—disrespectful, uncivil, ... Read full story »

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