Over the past decade, we have been increasingly concerned by the potential of the non-academic use of smartphones and laptops that distract students during class time. Although possible strategies have…
…the role that academic leaders need to play to foster a true, comprehensive, systemic shift in paradigms. The term paradigm shift was originally used by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure…
…journals, books, conference presentations, video/audio)? What subscriptions to academic databases are available? It is important for student-scholars to be fully aware of the search tools available in their academic disciplines….
…opportunities provided to those who are more academically talented than others. It’s intended to connote a sense of fairness, a feeling that not every student should have the same classroom…
…instructional method, the curve of forgetting suggests that lecturing in isolation is one of the most ineffective instructional methods when it comes to retention of information and long-term student academic…
…a combination of cognitive, physical, and emotional factors. Given the rise in the mental health issues among students, as well as their academic and non-academic stress, actively engaging students in…
…balancing work, family, and school commitments, overcoming previous academic patterns that no longer serve them, and adapting to new approaches to learning (such as online classes.) The flip side, though,…
…away with making up excuses in an academic environment.” “Successful excuse making in an academic environment has virtually no negative consequences for anyone.” Reference: Carmichael, A.M., and Krueger, L.E. (2014)….
