…a variety of supplemental readings that are engaging, interesting, and perhaps fun—the students won’t have to read them, but you can make them want to. Offer reality-based education approaches to…
…they are saying, both in words and in their body language. Ask frequent questions, confirm key details (‘so you mean…’) and commit the result of any actions to paper as…
…in a nonthreatening way. Its benefits, however, go way beyond that to real conversations about how to learn in this new, strange academic environment. Virginia Freed, MEd, MA, is a…
…best. I have come to realize that it is not so much what students know as what they can do. Likewise, teaching is not about what I know but what…
…172) They also recommend that teachers share expectations for assignments and define quality. Showing students examples of effective and ineffective pieces of work can help to make those definitions real…
Thinking and writing metaphorically is often a recommended way to clarify one’s approach to teaching. Having a particular mental image provides a reference point, or compass, to guide teaching decisions…
…into one of three categories: There’s no right answer, such as debates, or research on controversial issues. There are multiple perspectives, such as analyzing current events, cultural comparisons, or case…
…developed by others and used in previous research. They compared pre- and post-class attitudes of students in the courses with the blog to those of students in control sections with…
