In Effective Teaching Strategies
January 24, 2020 Pamela den Ouden and Tanya Helton
Years ago, as a high school graduate applying for a college scholarship, I tried an innovative research strategy. I was investigating the case of a Canadian man who was…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
January 15, 2020 Richard A. Giaquinto, PhD
It’s been a privilege to teach over some two decades, and during that time, I’ve found a series of techniques that were successful in the classroom. Here, I will…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
December 13, 2019 Susan McDowall, PhD
I have been teaching various levels of reading skills and composition to native and non-native speakers, to immigrants and U.S. citizens, to people with talent and interest, and I…
I have taught mathematics for 38 years and am puzzled by why the analogies I was taught throughout my youth have been lost. I believe that students often miss…
One joy of a faculty member in academia is the opportunity to train the next generation of scholars who will continue our work to innovate and create, extend human…
1. Study the knowledge base of teaching and learning You have chosen to teach in higher education because you are a subject-matter specialist with a tremendous knowledge of your…
The 2019 Annual Teaching Professor Conference offered numerous tactics and strategies to implement in the classroom, but Ken Alford, PhD, Brigham Young University, took a different approach in his…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
March 20, 2017 Rich H. Kenney, Jr.
When students become directly engaged in the learning process, they take ownership of their education. The following learning activities have helped me to engage students in and outside the…
See if this sounds familiar. You’re scheduled to teach a course you have taught before that desperately needs revision. The content and pedagogy go back for a decade or…
In Academic Leadership, Faculty Development
July 27, 2015 Rob Kelly
There’s a long-standing tradition of informal sharing of pedagogical innovation among K-12 teachers and a whole line of research on this phenomenon, which is known as teacher leadership. The…
