…into academic content and learn together. References: Cranton, P. (2001). Becoming an authentic teacher in higher education. Malabar, FL: Krieger. Fredricks, J. A., Blumenfeld, P. C., & Paris, A. H.,…
No matter the academic discipline, course level, or time of day, the last five minutes of class often present instructors with a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is maintaining…
…in academic circles. It’s a presentation style that emerged around 2003 and has since been leveraged in performance and conferences across the world. In its original form, a presenter offered…
…Adam Dubrowski, and Glenn Regehr. “A new concept of unsupervised learning: directed self-guided learning in the health professions.” Academic Medicine 85, no. 10 (2010): S49-S55. Jossberger, Helen, Saskia Brand‐Gruwel, Henny…
…Goals motivate and direct students. And students aren’t motivated solely by academic goals, like those related to mastery (comprehension of content) and performance (grades). Pintrich notes that research on social…
…and assessments that form a more resilient system and offer an improved understanding of student learning. Second, ongoing conversations about grade inflation as indicative of a decrease in academic rigor…
If there’s a downside to another academic year coming to a successful close, it’s reading course evaluations. This post explores how we respond to those one or two low evaluations…
…flexibility, increased student engagement, improved academic achievement), what I didn’t realize was how essential this model was for teaching in the wake of a global pandemic. Throughout spring 2021, I…
