Last week I gave an overview of the issues involved in the plagiarism question. This week I'm going to share a personal narrative of one adjunct's experience dealing with plagiarism. Like many adjuncts, I teach for more than one school. Like many adjuncts, I do...
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by Peter Connor It’s a given—students are going to complain about the grades they receive. Also given, is your responsibility to handle such complaints. Generally speaking, this will go far.
by Christine Hult IT’S THE END of an arduous semester and your desk is piled high with student papers. You sigh deeply as you contemplate the days of reading and grading that lie.
by Elizabeth Gruner I’ve been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped putting grades on written work, and it has transformed my teaching and my students’ learning. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. Starting in...
FORT WELCH, Florida. Lydia Pfeiffer is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at a state college in this panhandle hamlet, and as she finishes grading the last of 47.
by Kelly O'Connor-Salomon I was at the doctor's last week, and, as is typical for me, I had a book along to read. The nurse came in, saw the book,.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA If you have students who have done exceptionally well on a class assignment or they have exceeded all expectations for participation in class discussions, how do you reward their performance? Those students are likely to earn the maximum points...
It's almost May. The weather has changed and it's making me think ahead. I'm already planning my meager summer vacation. Most of this summer I'll be desperately working 8 and.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA An adjunct instructor has many responsibilities to consider each week and this emphasizes the need to have effective facilitation strategies. One responsibility that can.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I am writing to you from underneath the hair dryer, with my hair in foils, and the shower cap holding it all in place. I am at the downtown hair salon, where others are leisurely reading magazines and enjoying their...
