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Read more about the article Scholarship: More Than Just ‘Publish or Perish’

Scholarship: More Than Just ‘Publish or Perish’

  • Post author:David E. Balch, PhD
  • Post published:August 16, 2019
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The area of Scholarship has been defined in a somewhat narrow sense.  This is reflected in an article by Plume and van Weijen (2014), where they noted “publish or perish,”…

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Read more about the article The Focus is You: Tracie Addy

The Focus is You: Tracie Addy

  • Post author:Faculty Focus
  • Post published:August 15, 2019
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This week on The Focus is You, we’re learning a bit more about Tracie Addy, PhD, MPhil, Director of the Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning & Scholarship at…

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Read more about the article How to Turn a Check for Plagiarism Into a Teachable Moment

How to Turn a Check for Plagiarism Into a Teachable Moment

  • Post author:Amel Ben Abdesslem, PhD
  • Post published:August 14, 2019
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I started teaching economics in higher education almost a decade ago, and yet the memory of the first time I asked a student to meet with me to talk about…

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Back to School: First Day of Class Strategies

  • Post author:Faculty Focus
  • Post published:August 14, 2019
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The first day of anything can be felt with excitement, anxiety, relief, anticipation, and an array of other emotions. But the first day of any class or course, as both…

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Read more about the article Talk to Text: A Hack on Grading

Talk to Text: A Hack on Grading

  • Post author:Vicki Ingalls
  • Post published:August 12, 2019
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A wise and dear colleague of mine, now retired, once said to me as we walked to class, “I teach for free; they pay me to grade.” I have found…

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Read more about the article Variations to Traditional Multiple-Choice Testing

Variations to Traditional Multiple-Choice Testing

  • Post author:Lynne N. Kennette, PhD, Phoebe S. Lin, PhD, and Lisa R. Van Havermaet, PhD
  • Post published:August 9, 2019
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Many college courses employ multiple choice (MC) tests as a primary means of assessment. Although these are sometimes critiqued (Kaufman, 2001), modifications can be made to this assessment, based in…

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Read more about the article The Focus is You: Maryellen and a Muscle Car

The Focus is You: Maryellen and a Muscle Car

  • Post author:Faculty Focus
  • Post published:August 8, 2019
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To kickstart The Focus is You, a short Q&A that features a different Faculty Focus member every Thursday, we're featuring Maryellen Weimer, editor of The Teaching Professor and a professor…

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Read more about the article What! No Textbook?

What! No Textbook?

  • Post author:Ed Cunliff, PhD
  • Post published:August 7, 2019
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The approach to course reading described here is not the result of some altruistic action to save students money on textbooks. Nor was it a brilliant “Aha!” moment regarding the…

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Read more about the article Rethinking Deadline and Late Penalty Policies…Again

Rethinking Deadline and Late Penalty Policies…Again

  • Post author:Brenda Thomas
  • Post published:August 5, 2019
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Some of the recurring topics on Faculty Focus in the past ten years pertain to handling excuses, extension requests, and late work, because teachers regularly deal with those issues. Suggested…

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Read more about the article Whose Classroom is It Anyway?

Whose Classroom is It Anyway?

  • Post author:Candice Dowd Barnes, EdD, and Patricia Kohler-Evans, EdD
  • Post published:August 2, 2019
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Most would agree the classroom is a place for discourse, reflection, and learning. But, whose class is it?  Who’s doing the learning—the teacher or the students?  We submit it’s both—teacher…

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