Instructors often experience problems between the directions given for an assignment and the work submitted by a student. Students miss important parts of questions; they
Declining numbers of traditional-age high school graduates, changing student demographics, pandemic unpredictability, and struggles with student retention are creating what can be termed a “perfect
Have you ever struggled to get students to do required readings? Do your students treat them as optional? Perhaps they do the readings, but when
I said to myself in spring of 2019, after reading through the final papers for a class, “I cannot read another history research paper.” I
Many years after graduating with our undergraduate degrees, we can still remember the stress of being a student. One lesson that stands out from those
On Friday, March 13th, I received the email. In response to the rising coronavirus pandemic, we were moving to one week of online instruction. Five
In response to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, most erstwhile face-to-face and hybrid courses have now transitioned into remotely delivered ones. In these new educational
One of the most basic principles in education is backward curriculum design. This approach involves beginning with the end in mind. Moore (2015) stated that
The syllabus—most of us use them, many of our students don’t read them. We wondered if this venerable artifact of teaching might merit a revisit.
Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’
