by Tim Slater | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
In the traditional stand-and-deliver, information-download approach to teaching college-level science, students are often expected to diligently—and quietly—take handwritten notes in order to memorize the ideas presented in class, and repeat those ideas back to the...
by Tim Slater | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
Longstanding folklore exists around the tradition of college professor’s office hours. Some of the mythology is funny, as in, “I love office hours, it is the only time I know I can catch up on my work because no one ever bothers me.” Some of the tales are not quite...
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...
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