…more likely to overestimate how well they are doing in the course. This can hinder their academic success. There’s no reason to adjust their behavior (say, by studying more) if…
Educational assessment is one of the most talked about topics in higher education today. Despite the admirable goal of improving student learning, the trend toward greater accountability through increased academic…
Consider this hypothetical situation: The vice president of academic affairs has just sent you a cryptic email asking you to define the impact of your faculty development center. Could you…
…National Acorn Consortium to Advance Democracy in America b. New American Collegians Affecting Dialogue Affiliation c. National Academic Advising Association 4. FYE stands for: a. First-Year Experience b. Freshman-Year Experience…
…to define disciplinary areas and academic territories. Troublesome – Here Meyer and Land defer to the work of Perkins, who previously explored the idea of troublesome knowledge. Threshold concepts, Meyer…
…Finally, McClary explains that quality distance learning courses require robust support systems in the areas of academic support, administrative support, and technical support. He writes: “Academic support involves instructors providing…
…dearth of academic literature about creating and fostering fun in the higher education classroom. To remedy this unforgivable oversight, we propose Ludic Pedagogy as a teaching philosophy that embraces the…
…Judy Colwell, vice president for academic affairs at Northern Oklahoma College, compared the perceptions of adjuncts and administrators as to the importance of various types of support for part-time faculty….
