Quick: How do you motivate someone you don’t often see? Sound like the opening of a bad joke? Not at all. Therein lies the fundamental challenge of managing professionals…
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10 Things to Make the First Day (and the Rest) of the Semester Successful
June 10, 2008 Mary Clement EdD.
I like to arrive in the classroom well before the students. It gives me time to get things organized. I create an entrance table (I use chairs or desks…
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Now there’s an article title that gets your attention — at least it got mine. The article that follows this title (reference below) is a bit depressing, but the…
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Many faculty incorporate a peer-assessment component in team projects. Because faculty aren’t present when the groups interact and therefore don’t know who’s doing what in the group, they let…
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Because we know that active engagement in collaborative projects can create a synergy among students that often surpasses what can be learned individually, we find ourselves designing assignments that…
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"Do we really need to buy the textbook? It's so expensive!" "Can't you just summarize it for us?" "Would you just tell us what parts will be on the…
