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Looking back, moving forward, and saying good-bye: Strategies for ending the semester

Stephanie Richter We tend to rush through final lectures, projects, papers, presentations, and exams at the end of a semester, trying to fit in everything we can before the final class session is over. Consider this all-too-familiar metaphor: Imagine an evening concert with a firm...

Common Problems with the Large Lecture: Encourages Learner Passivity

Steel Wagstaff Consider what the typical student does in a typical lecture to meaningfully engage their higher-level cognitive abilities. Research indicates that left to their own devices, most students do.

Poor Rates of Retention and Transfer

Steel Wagstaff Want some depressing news? What do students remember from a course a few months after they’ve completed it? The research shows that in most cases the answer is.

Common Problems with the Large Lecture

Steel Wagstaff It’s probably no surprise to you that the large lecture has received heavy, sustained criticized as an instructional format. And yet, it has survived, like other unhelpful nuisances (Hello flat-earth theorists, Sunny Delight, the electoral college, and the mosquito!). You’ve all had (and...

Some colleges have an answer for students questioning the value of higher ed: work-based learning

OLIVIA SANCHEZ PHILADELPHIA — Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to.

Online vs in-person learning in higher education: effects on student achievement and recommendations for leadership

Bandar N. Alarifi and Steve Song The year 2020 marked an extraordinary period, characterized by the global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments and institutions worldwide had to adapt.

How Student Motivation Influences Learning

By Bruce A. Johnson In my AdjunctNation.com blog, I tackled the issue of student engagement. Motivation directly impacts engagement. When instructors are evaluating students and their involvement in the class, they can assess the time and energy devoted through participation in class discussions and...

Turn Ordinary Class Discussions Into Meaningful Interactions

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Do your students actively participate in the class discussions? Do you find that your students are engaged in the process of learning because.

Teaching ESL Students in the Mainstream

by Dorit Sasson Over the past year I’ve received dozens of emails from instructors asking me for advice on teaching ESL students in their college reading courses. When I tell.

Cell Phones Here. Cell Phone There. Cell Phones Everywhere.

by Rachel Murphy Cellular phones have become much more available in the past 20 years, but some colleges have not made a clear decision on specific policies. Hampton University, located in Hampton, VA, conducted a study on cell phone use in college during the...

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