…form with our students. We focus on the content that we want to push to them, but not the very qualities that made for the best teachers in our own…
…revamping your favorite end-of-the-semester research paper, consider tweaking some of the smaller assignments. This works particularly well for assignments that are platforms for assessing content knowledge. For example, you might…
…distinction between personal and situational interest. Personal interest represents the attraction a student feels for a content area—what’s motivating the decision to major in a particular field. Situational interest refers…
…for feeling this way. Some things about teaching are enervating. So much of the content in beginning courses and even some upper-division ones stays the same. Yes, you update, but…
…they need to learn the particulars of referencing for that field. McGown and Lightbody teach accounting, and so their assignment deals with accounting content. They write that they hoped to…
Blended learning course design entails more than simply converting content for online delivery or finding ways to supplement an existing face-to-face course. Ideally, designing a blended course would begin with…
…strategy for solving problems: formula, work, answer, explanation. FWAE provides a tried-and-true strategy for modeling problem-solving. It is useful in helping students to connect with course content in an active…
…multiple layered connections, similar to how our brains develop schemas. We not only assign writing in order to teach our content, but students also use writing to explore connections between…
