…at all institutions in fall 2003 were part-time employees; compared with 33 percent in 1987, the first year of data collection. Whether one views this as “an alarming trend or…
…golf, repeating poor teaching mechanics can actually move us away from, not closer to, our performance objective of effective student learning.” (p. 340) Faculty do learn from experience, however the…
…experience another culture. Now, thanks to Second Life, students in my computer-mediated communication course at St. Lawrence University can experience other cultures without leaving the classroom let alone leaving the…
…including those academics. There’s a reason that the Wikipedia entry normally comes in at the top of a Google search. Google relies heavily on inbound links to rank a site,…
…Their role, instead, was to “sort” students by assigning them grades based on their performance. The common view, for quite a long time, was that “students have a right to…
Problem solving is “what you do when you don’t know what to do.” What a simple, straightforward definition for something often defined in much more complex ways. But problem solving…
…class should be part of a first conversation. They should not dominate subsequent exchanges. Early on, new teachers need to realize that real instructional issues are much more complex and…
…on the premise that past behavior is the best predictor of future performance, behavior-based interviewing calls upon candidates to tell about their previous skills, knowledge, and experiences. Savvy interviewers on…
