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Faculty Development For You & Your College

I highly recommend Teaching For Success®, the online journal published by Jack Shrawder.

Acting and Learning in the College Classroom

You can help your students learn through acting, just one of the many creative instructional techniques you can use in the college classroom.  Of course, we are not talking about performing Hamlet in a Calculus class.  Shakespeare does not… Read More

How to Engage College Students

Two dozen tips for engaging college students. I was thinking about my promise to help you engage their students. It is right there under the “Look familiar?” picture on the left sidebar. I did a self-assessment by looking… Read More

How to Assure Classroom Civility and Decorum

Maintaining Civility in the College Classroom Disruptive student behaviors pose a challenge for college instructors. In some instances, behaviors are disruptive, but in extreme circumstance they can become threatening. The key is dealing with them… Read More

How College Faculty Should Ask Their Students Questions

As I often do, I have summarized my recommendations at the end of this article. If you are pressed for time, you might want to scroll down. If you do so, I hope you come back and read the entire article. I would love to hear from you. Let me… Read More

Grading on Class Participation

What College Students Don’t Like In February, I posted an article entitled Is It Wrong to Grade on Class Participation? In that article I pointed out the importance of clarifying class participation expectations and giving students feedback. … Read More