Most of us think we know what active learning is. The word engagement quickly comes to mind. Or, we describe what it isn’t: passive learning.
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on December 13, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Teachers and students can give each other priceless gifts.
Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class.
Imagine you have not thought about mathematics class in over a decade. You vaguely recall how fractions are connected to decimals, and the notion of
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 15, 2021. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. This Halloween special is brought to you by the
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 1, 2013. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. On the first day of classes two years ago,
Now that many of us have returned to in-person teaching, how can we maximize the setting and incorporate an adapted student-to-student learning structure to support
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 23, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Many students don’t pay much attention in class. They
Since spring 2020 when the pandemic hit the US, I have been using digital social reading technology for asynchronous reading assignments in my advanced Chinese
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 19, 2015. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. There’s only one first day of class. Here are
Most students dread presentations. Every time I start a new semester, and I announce that presentations are a requirement, the fear and tension in the
