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Dealing with Difficult Students: the Narcissist

Article: Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the whitepaper Coping with Seven Disruptive Personality Types in the Classroom. This post deals with the narcissistic student. Students with ... 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 »

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 »

Different Sources of Power that Affect the Teacher-Student Relationship

Article: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Communication educators have taken a well-known typology of power and applied it to teachers. According to this theory-based schematic, individuals exert influence over other individuals based on five different sources ... 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 »

Can Clickers Enhance Student Learning?

Article: Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Dr. Peter M. Saunders, director of Oregon State University’s Center for Teaching and Learning, has heard the horror stories, and understands why faculty were hesitant to use clickers in the ... Read full story »

Effective Strategies for Improving College Teaching and Learning

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Innovative Teaching Strategies for bringing out the best in your Students Effective Strategies for Improving College Teaching and Learning It’s been said that few things can enhance student learning more than ... 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 »

Techniques for Helping Students Take Control of Their Learning

Article: Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

It’s a balancing act educators often face …how to structure interactions with students to provide appropriate levels of assistance, while encouraging them to take ownership of their learning. In preparation ... Read full story »

Applying Learning Agreements in the Classroom

Article: Monday, July 13th, 2009

As a former editor in the business profession and now educator, I see connections between business and classroom best practices, especially when it comes to using academic learning agreements to ... Read full story »

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