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Missouri S&T – Teaching Partners

Posted by on March 13, 2018

Source: certi.mst.edu Teaching Partners is a confidential professional development service for instructors who want to enhance their teaching through peer observation and feedback. Trained faculty mentors and instructional designers meet with interested instructors in a collegial atmosphere where there is mutual sharing that benefits both parties. EdTech and CERTI worked together with faculty to develop […]

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Teacher Characteristics and Behaviors that Make a Difference

Posted by on March 13, 2018

There’s no shortage of lists identifying desirable teacher characteristics, are students are fairly consistent in naming the behaviors that help them learn.

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A Memo to Students on Cheating

Posted by on January 24, 2018

Our institutional and/or course policies aren’t doing much to stop cheating in college. How we get students to realize how much cheating hurts them? It has nothing to do with whether they’re caught, but rather the personal consequences.

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Simple Strategies to Develop Rapport with Students and Build a Positive Classroom Climate | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings

Posted by on January 24, 2018

Source: tomprof.stanford.edu Student engagement and class participation are two of the characteristics that most everyone identifies with a successful course. But how do you get this engagement? In this article is one strategy on building that engagement in your classroom. 

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FSI Tip: A “One-Minute Message” Engages all Students

Posted by on August 8, 2017

To retain students in Engineering, ENGAGE students in Engineering. Retain
undergraduates, particularly underrepresented groups, by improving their
day-to-day classroom and educational experiences. ENGAGE’s free,
research-based resources can help you do this.

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The Importance of Learning Students’ Names

Posted by on August 8, 2017

In a recent study, more than 85% of students said it was important to them that their instructors knew their names. Their reasons were quite convincing.

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Students Don’t Always Recognize Good Teaching, Study Finds – The Ticker – Blogs – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted by on May 11, 2017

Source: www.chronicle.com The results of this study are not surprising, but confirm what instructors have said for a long time. Many students judge good teaching by how well they succeed in a class rather than the way it was taught. 

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How to Deal with Difficult Students | Tomorrow’s Professor Postings

Posted by on March 6, 2017

Source: tomprof.stanford.edu Dealing with students is never easy and it seems like more and more students like to complain and argue with you, the instructor. We can talk forever about what has led to this but that isn’t as important on a daily basis as it is to know how you can deal with difficult […]

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Waking up to Tired Teaching

Posted by on March 6, 2017

Sometimes teaching gets tired because we’ve done what we’re doing a hundred times before. We march through the material along well-worn paths.

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Five Ways to Make Your Online Classrooms More Interactive

Posted by on December 15, 2016

The online classroom can sometimes feel isolating for students and faculty. Here are five ways you can build a sense of community in your online courses.

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