…to write about my own experiment with an alternative research paper assignment. Mader describes a by-now common frustration with the traditional research paper and her solution. My experience had a…
…McKeachie discusses what is now known about learning and memory, changes in cognitive goals (we now believe that we can teach students to think) and a growing commitment to teaching…
…harder to build community that way,” Glenn says. “When students are seeing each other two, three, or four times a week, particularly if they are in a four-, six-, or…
…that faculty come together to talk about teaching in the classroom,” says John L. Romano, professor of educational psychology and one of the early developers of the MCTP. Goals The…
…feedback to motivate more effort to learn. Principle 4: Clear goals and intellectual challenge Effective teachers set high standards for students. They also articulate clear goals. Students should know up…
Questions are one of those mainstay teaching strategies used to accomplish all kinds of learning goals: questions help an instructor gauge levels of understanding; questions can pique flagging interest; questions…
…the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, provided specific guidelines for organizing and launching a student learning assessment program in the Nov. 25th online seminar Getting Started with Student Learning…
…others on group projects. This adds to the design complexity, as well as the time that must be devoted to grading. The lofty goals that capstone courses can accomplish make…
