University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. As a result, they rarely have time to
Supporting biology courses for non-majors involves addressing the diverse needs of students with little intrinsic motivation to study the subject. Many take these courses as
Despite debate and disagreement about how to define and measure attention spans, numerous studies have put student attention spans in approximately the 10-minute range (Bradbury,
If you’re like most educators, you probably made your share of teaching mistakes. This report features more than a dozen essays by instructors who were willing to share their early-career missteps and the lessons they learned. Because sometimes you just have to follow your gut, and sometimes your gut is wrong.
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
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
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
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
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
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