Before discussing grading, let me return to assignments and a key point. My students are frequently uncertain about how to write an introduction and a conclusion in a written assignment. …
Mentorship can take various forms and serve numerous goals, however, McKinsey (2016) summarized the many definitions succinctly by stating that to mentor “is to provide wise advice and instruction (p.…
Student-faculty interaction outside of the classroom can improve student learning and retention (Lundberg and Schreiner, 2004; Griffin et al., 2014), and in most colleges and universities office hours are required.…
Hosting a guest speaker virtually or in the classroom is potentially a highlight of the semester, but more often than not it is a letdown. The pitfalls are many, and…
During a recent physical, my doctor informed me that my blood pressure was off the charts. She asked if I was experiencing stress. I thought, "What academic—who cares about the…
Now that we are into the realities of teaching in a COVID-world, I keep hearing similar sentiments from my colleagues, something to the effect of, “It’s going fine, but I…
I would like to begin with one of the age-old dilemmas facing instructors. We all probably concur that teamwork is a key skill needed in our professional and personal lives,…
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I came home from my second day of teaching my “HyFlex” class (some students in the classroom and others on Zoom) utterly discouraged. Despite my efforts at planning activities that…
One-minute papers have deservedly become one of the more common classroom activities deployed by teachers. This is consistent with Lang’s (2016a) perspective that “frequent low-stakes writing assignments constitute one of…