…by 2012, it had dropped to eight seconds. By comparison, a goldfish has an attention span of nine seconds. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone in your class could manage…
…cooperative learning. McGee offers the following example of an effective way to foster positive interdependence: Have a group of three create a collaborative wiki in which each student contributes a…
…emerge out of doing what comes naturally, but will it be one that motivates and supports student learning? The classroom is not the family dinner table where “doing what comes…
…continue in the course. Non-judgmental acceptance of the student’s state of mind is helpful for encouraging conversation about the problem. For example a comment like “It seems as if you…
…they otherwise might not. For example, when a student marks up and comments on three required evidence examples for an op-ed assignment on light pollution, she realizes all three examples…
…(or Differently).” Cell Biology Education—Life Sciences Education, 2014, 13 (Summer), 159-166. Learning from Research There’s growing recognition that research findings can make teaching more evidence-based. But here’s the problem: research…
…let students know that you are there, being careful not to drive the conversation but rather to provide feedback and perhaps ask questions. Email—Send individual students emails to compliment them…
…happening in a course, who do they ask first? Most of the time, it’s not the professor. They talk to another student who answers the question, offers advice, shares information,…
