…instances of knowledge gaps or poor writing skills rather than malicious intent. In order to avoid academic conduct hearings involving your students, consider how the design of writing assignments can…
…other professors; the academic world is not a place where most students hang out. Professors who rely on their academic wit may lose students in their attempts at humor. Jokes…
…of academic research. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-insular-world-of-academic-research Hallman, S. K., Kusano, S. M., Matney, M. M., Conger, A. J., & Pepple, M. (2017). Engaged learning at Michigan: Understanding…
…help overcome this barrier, I recommend the “motivation step,” a brief, introductory discussion designed to articulate why the material is significant to a student’s real-world success. In the academic community,…
…think rhetorically, to develop their own voice, and to gain awareness of the many genres they may need in their academic and professional lives. Swimming is hard, especially when students…
…students—especially first year students transitioning to college, first generation college students, and minority students—has been shown to increase retention, student satisfaction, engagement, a sense of belonging, and overall academic performance…
…first are typically not well done. Students write scripts that sound like academic papers and produce podcasts that are aurally flat. Those initial experiences allow us to talk in more…
…and Gender, which was a condensed Saturday session course that I led each semester for three years. During my first semester teaching this course, I used more traditional academic texts….
