…ask, “What do you need do to improve your academic prowess?” Most answer, “Study harder and longer.” No, harder and longer is for Crossfit. Besides, what does harder and longer…
…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,…
…end of the academic year, and many us are feeling tired and used up. That makes it a good time for a gentle reminder: take time to refresh. Whatever time…
…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….
…why some companies never give in. NY: HarperCollins. Hardiman, M. (2012). The brain-targeted teaching model. CA: Corwin. Wentzel, K. & Wigfield, A. (1998) Academic and social motivational influences on student’s…
…Pendse, Jianye He, Michael Sholinbeck, Gisele Tanasse, Jennifer K. Nelson, and Elizabeth A. Dupuis. 2016. “Flipped Instruction for Information Literacy: Five Instructional Cases of Academic Librarians.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 42…
