Students love it when teachers provide class notes—the more complete the set, the better. Students want the teacher’s notes online because it’s convenient, they’re readable, well organized, and relieve…
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January 2015
Can you teach students to be creative? Most of us would say no. It’s more like trying to teach for it—encouraging it, promoting it, acknowledging when it happens, and…
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When faced with a problem or challenge within your unit, your first inclination might be to immediately look for solutions. Makes sense, right? But when the problem or challenge…
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In Effective Classroom Management
Strategies for Preventing Student Resistance
January 26, 2015 Shannon B. Seidel PhD and Kimberly D. Tanner PhD
“What if the students revolt?” “What if I ask them to talk to a neighbor, and they simply refuse?” “What if they do not see active learning as teaching?”…
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In Course Design, Educational Assessment
It’s Not Too Early to Begin Preparing Students for Cumulative Finals
January 23, 2015 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
There are a couple of reasons why students don’t like comprehensive finals. First, they’re more work. Rather than four weeks’ worth of material to know and understand, there’s a…
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According to a recent report by the Institute of International Education, there were more than 764,400 international students enrolled in U.S. universities and colleges in 2011/2012. This was a…
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The benefits of concept maps are well established. They encourage students to organize knowledge and do so in ways meaningful to them. They help students sort out, prioritize, and…
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Careful preparation is essential to the success of an online course “to provide a positive experience for the students and to be able to maximize your time with students…
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Five Tips for Dealing with Combative Students in the Online Environment
January 15, 2015 Victoria Smith PhD
Whether one teaches at the university, secondary, or elementary levels, all teachers encounter combative students. Mary Bart (2012) writes, “Even if you do everything right, there will be students…
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Plagiarism: An Interesting Disconnect between Students' Thoughts and Actions
January 13, 2015 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
Almost 800 business, engineering, education, and health services students completed a fairly typical plagiarism survey. They were asked how strongly they agreed with a statement defining plagiarism as copying…