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Using Low-Stakes Writing Assignments to Achieve Learning Goals
Introduction The article “Using Low-Stakes Writing Assignments to Achieve Learning Goals” describes how a professor uses low-stakes writing assignments to assess his students’ understanding his learning goals for a class. In this post, I’ve provided the main points of the … Continue reading
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Small Changes in Teaching
James Lang is the author of the book Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Teaching. He also authored the articles below in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Small Changes in Teaching: The Minutes before Class Small Changes in … Continue reading
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Are Students Ready for College?
The article “Ready for College?” in the January, 2016 issue of The Teaching Professor discusses a survey given to 700 students, mostly sophomores, in which they were asked how well they felt they were prepared for college. Eighty percent of … Continue reading
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Learning
Want to read the book How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Learning but you don’t have time? Read a book review of How Learning Works, which contains a nice description of each of the chapters. Edited with BlogPad Pro