I believe I did a blog along these lines about this time last year—about The Teacher Professor Conference (this year June 5-7 in Washington, D.C., info at www.teachingprofessor.com). We would love to have you join us. We work very hard to make it a great event, and so far I’ve been very proud of how these conferences have turned out. There’s a variety of sessions, all carefully selected, many of which participants tells us are over-the-top excellent. We bring some big names to the conference—people you can really learn from as well as vendors with resources on teaching and learning. It’s a short compact schedule and by most standards, it’s not an expensive conference.
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OTHER RECENT ARTICLES
Do better students sit in front, or does seat selection contribute to better grades? A recent study examined this question.
Read More ›In a study of student participation in threaded discussions, Scott Warnock, an assistant professor of English at Drexel University, found that students who post early in threaded discussions tend to do better (as measured by course grades) than those who procrastinate.
Read More ›“The lecture when done well, goes far beyond covering the material. It is a carefully planned performance with student learning as its focus.” That quote by Harold B. White appears in a commentary column that is regularly included in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.
Read More ›Do you have one or two high-maintenance students in your classes? If you do, then you know how they can sap your energy.
Read More ›April 27
Classroom Management Tips for Online Courses: Dealing with Difficult Students
By: Mary Bart
Raise your hand if you’ve come across these students in your online course.
Read More ›Frank Heppner, a biology professor and author of Teaching the Large College Class: A Guidebook for Instructors with Multitudes, has been teaching large classes (and he considers 300 students a “small” class) for 38 years. He stopped counting the number of students taught once it reached 20,000.
Read More ›It doesn’t look as though the RateMyProfessors.com website is going away anytime soon. I was somewhat surprised to learn that it was actually launched in 1999.
Read More ›April 23
Should Senior Faculty Teach More Introductory Courses? Boomers and Millennials Have More in Common Than You Might Think
By: Rob Kelly
After years of service and moving up through the faculty ranks, senior faculty members often feel they have earned the privilege of concentrating their teaching efforts on upper-division courses, leaving the introductory courses to younger faculty members. It seems fair enough: If you stick around long enough, you will be able to teach the courses you enjoy most. But is it the best arrangement for students?
Read More ›Not all disengaged students fall into the stereotype of the slacker who comes late to class (if at all), or is as easy to spot as Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. In fact there are a number of students who are masters at playing the game … doing just enough to get by … attending class but not really participating, much less engaging with the content.
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