…parent adult learners who often bear the brunt of domestic responsibilities alongside their professional ones, or who can be termed the bearers of “compromised commitment.” Post-pandemic time management and scheduling…
…honest, the use of alternate assessment techniques is not something I completely embraced before attending this workshop. Although I have used group work and peer-led activities, they were for the…
…technologies/culinary art/mathematics/sciences, found that online students want the following: 1. Clear communication policies—The students were satisfied with communication from the instructor, regardless of frequency, as long as the syllabus clearly…
“Do we really need to buy the textbook? It’s so expensive!” “Can’t you just summarize it for us?” “Would you just tell us what parts will be on the exam?”…
…essay exams from a perspective of the ideal. The A essay meets the expectations of an imagined A essay, not a realistic A. As educators, we have entire anthologies of…
…an interesting question here. Why didn’t more students come to talk about the grade they didn’t think they deserved? Maybe they really didn’t have a problem with the grade but…
…to what’s happening every day and in every interaction. An engaging teaching presence is communicated by nonverbal behaviors that convey confidence, comfort, anticipation, and great expectations. The classroom space, whether…
…our thinking. I’m surprised that so little research has been done on this common grading system. Does it promote more effective learning (as measured by higher exam scores or overall…
