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
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For years, Bloom’s Taxonomy has been near the top of the list of college teaching advice. Recently, I wrote another article on this subject. Note: Before you spend more than $100 on a used copy of Bloom’s original book, I encourage you to… Read More A College Instructor’s Guide to Avoiding Grade Appeals At many colleges student have due process rights. Among those rights is the right to appeal their grades. If you have not been involved in a formal grade appeal, good for you. If you want… Read More The Challenge of Getting Students to Talk There are a variety of reasons why students do not participate in class. By being mindful of them, an instructor can take steps to overcome those barriers and make classes more enjoyable for all. Why… Read More Why Do Parents Try to Solve the Problems of Their College Student Children? In my article entitled A Parent Guide for Helping College Students, I explain the phenomenon that causes some well-intending parents to be labeled Helicopter Parents. … Read More Some College Math Students Don’t Add Up Many college students – heck many people in general – are math phobic. The way many university bachelor’s seeking students deal with this angst is interesting. If you are teaching a math course at a… Read More Did Abe Lincoln think of it first? When I think of Steven Covey’s 7th habit, Sharpen the Saw, it reminds me of the famous Abraham Lincoln quotation: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the… Read More Help for Adjuncts and New College Teachers Why do I ask? I am looking for the topics that interest you readers. Here’s what I am wondering: What do you want to read about? Do you have some advice you would like me to post? Do you have… Read More 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 Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Stephen Covey’s 5th Habit of Highly Effective People addresses an important aspect of interpersonal communication. Covey begins with a claim that really applies to me. He says, “We have… Read More |
You will definitely like this! You might be a redneck college teacher if ... No. 13: the last time you posted your notes online, students complained because you hung them right next to your wet Long Johns.
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