What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students
Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside
It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on October 1, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. In face-to-face courses, learning is compartmentalized into blocks that
Disheartened by a lack of enthusiasm from her students, an experienced faculty member stopped by our Center for Teaching and Learning last semester seeking support
When I was a principal, I regularly participated in collaborative reviews of student work meetings. These meetings had three specific purposes: (1) reflection on instructional
In this educational assessment guide, we’ll answer questions such as: What is the purpose of educational assessment?What are the benefits of assessments?What are the main
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 11, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. How many of us teachers have had this experience?
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on October 15, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. In August 2017, Inside Higher Ed featured an article describing a controversial “stress
When I was a sophomore in college, I took my first course in cognitive psychology and fell in love. I was so excited that we
