by Amanda Eidinger I probably don’t have to tell you that, as much as we love doing it, teaching can be physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting work. By…
In The Classroom
by Raechel Huizinga Former adjunct English Professor Andrew Bretz, who passed away on Aug. 21, 2018 at the age of 42, was under investigation for sexual harassment…
by Patricia A. Alexander and Lauren M. Singer Trakhman Today’s students see themselves as digital natives, the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets…
In short, service-learning is a curricula-based approach to teaching and learning that allows students to directly put academic theory into real-world practice. The specifics of a service-learning…
Given this trend, teachers, students, parents and policymakers might assume that students’ familiarity and preference for technology translates into better learning outcomes. But we’ve found that’s not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…