by Tim Slater | Dec 19, 2016 | Blog
Ever walked by a college classroom that should be holding class, but noticed that the lights were off. If you are like me, you can’t help but peak through the door to see what is going on? Did the professor get sick and cancel class? Are the students having a...
by Tim Slater | Nov 20, 2016 | Blog
If you peek inside most introductory science survey course lecture halls during class, what are you most likely to see? I would wager you will see a professor standing in front of a projected screen or giant white board delivering information to a relatively full—but...
by Tim Slater | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog
Are you satisfied with the number of students who attend your class regularly? Is your Friday class meeting disappointingly lower in attendance compared to your Wednesday class session? Maybe it is time to consider implementing an attendance-required policy in...
by Tim Slater | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog
Ever wonder what you students think of your class? Think students might be able to help improve your teaching? Professors all too often assume that their novice students are not sufficiently sophisticated to help a professor improve their teaching. This is why so...
by Tim Slater | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog
Does it seem like your students never bother reading the syllabus? A quick Google-image search of “it’s in the syllabus” will reveal countless cartoons-some humorous and some not so humorous-suggesting that students insufficiently paying attention to the syllabus is...
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