Download All Milton Cox, Miami University Achieving Teaching and Learning Excellence through Faculty Learning Communities The impressive learning outcomes of student learning communities can be replicated for faculty learning communities (FLCs). This essay describes FLCs and ways they enhance faculty and student learning. Devorah Lieberman, Portland State University Leading Culturally Sensitive Classroom Discussions Post September…
Download All Edmund Hansen, Emporia State University From Cognitive Dissonance to Self-Motivated Learning Motivation is a multi-level change process we need to help students embrace. It often starts with experiences of cognitive dissonance and culminates in the definition of one’s learning purpose. Pat Hutchings, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Reflections on the Scholarship…
Download All John B. Bennett, Quinnipiac College Teaching with Hospitality Fortunately, hospitality is practiced more than it is preached. A cardinal academic virtue, hospitality is essential in the classroom as well as in relationships with colleagues. This essay looks at why this is so. Jeffrey Howard, University of Michigan Academic Service-Learning: Myths, Challenges, and Recommendations…
Download All Graham Gibbs, Open University, United Kingdom Changing Student Behavior Outside of Class Shifting focus from teaching to Learning includes shifting attention from in-class to out-of-class learning activity. This essay offers strategies for understanding and controlling students’ outside learning activity. Steven M. Richardson, Winona State University Living up to Expectations “Poor preparation” is often…
Download All William K. Jackson, The University of Georgia Are we going to Cyberspace, or is this just another trip to Abilene? Potential risks and rewards of internet use in higher education. Lee Warren, Harvard University Class in the Classroom Class as diversity issue in higher education. Karen J. Thoms, St. Cloud State University Critical Thinking…
Download All Virginia S. Lee, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Relating Student Experience to Courses and the Curriculum This essay offers a rationale for incorporating students’ personal experience into the curriculum and techniques for doing so to facilitate both cognitive and affective curricular objectives. Ronald Teeples and Harvey Wichman, Claremont McKenna College The Critical Match…
Download All Edward Neal, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Leading the Seminar: Graduate and Undergraduate. This essay provides a framework for planning and leading effective seminars and addresses the differences between graduate and undergraduate seminar instruction. G. Roger Sell, University of Northern Iowa Challenges in Using Technology for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education. We may…
Ed Neal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Active Learning Beyond the Classroom. Our goal should be to devise out-of-class assignments that promote collaboration and active involvement in learning so that students can find their academic work at least as interesting as late-night bull sessions in the dorms. David J. Walsh & Mary Jo Maffei,…
Deanna Martin, Robert Blanc, and David Arendale, University of Missouri-Kansas City Mentorship in the classroom: Making the implicit explicit. Supplemental Instruction, an academic support system that is based in the content courses rather than presented separately, has been very successful in helping students succeed in high risk courses. Richard Schoenwald, Carnegie-Mellon University What did I…
Barbara J. Duch and Mary K. Norton, The University of Delaware Teaching for Cognitive Growth Using the Perry Model and Kolb Learning Styles, this essay explores methods to enhance classroom learning. Anastasia Hagen, University of Texas Learning a Lot vs. Looking Good: A Source of Anxiety for Students. Sometimes the best students are the most…