Two Tips to Increase Students’ Use of Office Hours
I once heard a colleague explain that their office hours were intentionally scheduled from 8 am to 10 am because students are still asleep. The
Jennie M. Carr, PhD
July 10, 2019
Articles
Status Update: Changing the Way We Deliver Instruction
All too often I have heard colleagues pondering over situations in which students are found on their smart phones rather than engaged in class. As
Stefanie R. Sorbet, EdD
July 8, 2019
Six Things that Make College Teachers Successful
1. Study the knowledge base of teaching and learning You have chosen to teach in higher education because you are a subject-matter specialist with a
Mary Clement EdD.
July 5, 2019
Eureka! An Accumulation of the Best Teaching Advice
The 2019 Annual Teaching Professor Conference offered numerous tactics and strategies to implement in the classroom, but Ken Alford, PhD, Brigham Young University, took a
Tierney King
July 3, 2019
Fostering Student Ethical Development as Part of the Curriculum
A state worker fabricates laboratory test results that can lead to false criminal convictions A restaurant inspector disregards health code violations Someone tampers with sports
Miriam Rosalyn Diamond, PhD
July 1, 2019
8 Strategies to Encourage Interdependence and Help-Seeking Behavior in College Students
What messages do our students receive from their parents, their high school teachers, their older peers, and siblings before they enter college? When I ask
Stefanie T. Baier, PhD
June 29, 2019
Rights and Responsibilities for Group Members
I recently revisited something I’ve always considered a great resource. It originally appeared in a 1992 issue of the Teaching Professor and was published then
Maryellen Weimer, PhD
June 28, 2019
Designing Meaningful and Measurable Outcomes: A First Step in Backwards Design
I’ve sat on the Curriculum Committee at two different higher education institutions. I’ve also participated in college assessment committees and accreditation committees at both the
Vicki Caruana PhD
June 24, 2019
The Silent Professor
As college faculty, we put tremendous pressure on ourselves to talk. We want to cover the course content and thoroughly explain our assignments. We want
Joseph Finckel
June 21, 2019
Nursery Rhymes: The Social Equalizer
Faculty are urged to turn classrooms into activity centers where lively discussion serves as an antidote to bored students zoning out of class lectures and
Sandra Seay
June 19, 2019
