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Seven Tips on How to Help Your Students Take Better Notes

In a graduate-level educational psychology course at Florida State University, my professor didn’t allow students to take notes. He reasoned that taking notes prevented students from reflecting on the lesson. Yet, the professor also thought students needed a good set of notes to review later...

Using Humor in the College Classroom: Funny You Should Ask

By Drew C. Appleby, Ph.D. The use of humor in the college classroom has been researched extensively (see Segrist & Hupp, 2015 who summarized 41 years of literature on humor in.

Better Classroom Discussions Are Just A Pinwheel Away

It doesn't take extensive research to realize that facilitating productive discussions in the college classroom is not something that should be done by the seat of one's pants or on.

Using iMovie to Help Students More Deeply Engage With a Text

I’ve been teaching a long time. I remember the days when I was the young teacher bringing technology to the classroom, but now I’m the old coot in the corner with her arms crossed. That is, until my young colleagues demonstrated an iMovie sample they...

In the College Classroom, Why Print is Better Than Digital

As researchers in learning and text comprehension, our recent work has focused on the differences between reading print and digital media. While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks.

7 Ways to Teach Civil Discourse to Students

I’ve discovered that there are ways teachers and others who work with young people can show them how to deal effectively and respectfully with controversial topics – as well as.

If You Move Office Hours Online, Will Students Drop In?

What happens in the office hour is the same virtually as it is for students who show up in person: Students ask questions about particular problems or topics, and the professor works through them as if he were in front of the class. Shifting to...

I Acted Like a Complete Jerk to my Students Just to Prove a Point

I belittled one student by criticizing him in front of others. I favored another student by telling other students they should be more like her. I responded impatiently to questions..

More States are Allowing Guns on Campus—Are You Teaching in One of Those States?

by Neal H. Hutchens and Kerry B. Melear A community college instructor in Texas started off the academic year by wearing a bulletproof vest and army helmet to class. He.

Putting the Focus on Student Engagement in Blended Learning Courses

by Meg Gorzycki, Ed.D.Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, San Francisco State University Hybrid teaching and blended learning are fundamentally concerned with providing an environment in which students assume responsibility for seeing information and completing tasks necessary to understand the material. As students assume such responsibility, the...

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