Focus on the Faculty Archives
Friday
June 8, 2018 9:58 am
Making the Grading Process More Transparent
College teachers are always on the lookout for ways to help students better understand why their paper, essay answer, or…
Friday
April 27, 2018 9:20 am
Active Learning Exercises
“The longer students sit passively in a class, the more attention drifts from the presentation and the longer the drifts…
Friday
April 20, 2018 9:54 am
An Innovative Postexam Review Activity
We need to work more with students on seeing exams as something more than just grade generating experiences. Here’s a…
Monday
December 4, 2017 1:40 pm
Passage of Senate Tax-Reform Bill Leaves Colleges Scrambling – The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Passage-of-Senate-Tax-Reform/241962?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=4ba3881ca35e4fc68e2d6c9c1b936fd6&elq=1ed36fc42df844af95b893d0d83aa6e5&elqaid=16956&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7348
Thursday
November 30, 2017 6:16 pm
Sunday
November 26, 2017 4:52 pm
This Division I university is considering cutting football—because it’s too dangerous
But the proposal by the University of San Diego faculty to cut their football program makes no mention of the…
Sunday
November 26, 2017 2:41 pm
Can the Student Course Evaluation Be Redeemed? – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The IDEA Center, a 40-year-old nonprofit that spun off from Kansas State University, thinks it has a student-ratings system that…
Sunday
November 26, 2017 12:13 pm
Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting. – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/business/laptops-not-during-lecture-or-meeting.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&_r=0
Monday
November 20, 2017 4:59 pm
What Professors Can Learn About Teaching From Their Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The observers will give Mr. García-Ojeda, an associate teaching professor of biology, a detailed depiction of the teaching and learning…
Friday
November 17, 2017 9:20 am
Active Learning: A Perspective from Cognitive Psychology
https://www.facultyfocus.com/resources/teaching-strategies-techniques/active-learning/active-learning-perspective-cognitive-psychology/