Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Online Teaching 101: Best Practices in Online Instruction is a four-week, asynchronous online course that introduces instructors to the best practices in online instruction. Successful completion of ...

Engage students curiosity through authentic and relevant content and help them develop the specific skills integral to good studentship. Organize your class to teach these skills. For example, while ...

[I] Instructors should cultivate an atmosphere that is open, curious, comfortable, and supportive. They should not tolerate aggressive, offensive, or inappropriate behavior. [I] In smaller courses, ...

“The only way to be sure that students are learning is through varied and frequent assessment.” At least that’s what we were told at a teaching conference we attended in February 2011. If we ...

In Geology and Environmental Earth Science, students use informal writing (like observational notes, data plots, diagrams, etc.)to generate ideas and do the work of science. In History, students ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What are some best practices for teaching high school mathematics? As in any subject, there are a zillion different instructional strategies and practices that math ...

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