
HIGHER ED TEACHING STRATEGIES FROM MAGNA PUBLICATIONS

Syllabus Format May Enhance Understanding of Course Requirements

Is a K–12 Strategy for Collaboratively Analyzing Student Work and Norming Performance Expectations Applicable to Higher Ed Classrooms?

Growth Mindset Moments
Teaching and Learning

Prevent Student Errors with a Self-Paced Syllabus Quiz
Course Design

The Importance of Educational Assessment: Tools and Techniques for Assessing Your Students
Educational Assessment

How Highlighters Can Help Students Write Better Research Papers
Effective Teaching Strategies
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 17, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Over the years, course syllabi have evolved from a simple document that outlines…
- Katherine Orlando, EdD
- June 29, 2022
When I was a principal, I regularly participated in collaborative reviews of student work meetings. These meetings had three specific purposes: (1) reflection on instructional root causes of student…
- Nickolena Kassolis Herdson
- June 27, 2022
“Does anyone have a growth mindset moment to share?” I asked this question at the start of most of my first-year seminar courses last fall. The project was a…
- Randy Laist PhD
- June 24, 2022
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 19, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Around an image of Yoda’s face, block letters urge, “Read the syllabus you…
- Faculty Focus
- June 23, 2022
In this educational assessment guide, we’ll answer questions such as: What is the purpose of educational assessment?What are the benefits of assessments?What are the main types of assessment?What is…
- Susan M. Plachta, MA, MS
- June 22, 2022
For decades, students have used highlighters to color-code notes and to indicate key passages of research sources, but there is another, less common but equally important, use for highlighters…