Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? “Equity” is a word that seems to be tossed around a lot in higher education these days. But what does it mean? And how can we promote equity in the classroom or in our student services interactions? MSU Denver prides itself on being very diverse—doesn’t that mean we already practice …
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Sep 16 2015
SIP 2.5 Classroom Discussions
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Discussions can be an excellent strategy for enhancing student motivation, fostering intellectual agility, and encouraging democratic habits. They create opportunities for students to practice and sharpen a number of skills, including the ability to articulate and defend positions, consider different points of view, and enlist and evaluate evidence. While discussions …
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Aug 18 2015
SIP 2.1 Ice Breakers
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Welcome to the first day of the new semester! Everyone is excited, the room is filled with promise. You don’t want to kill the mood by spending the entire first day going over the syllabus, but when you enter the classroom and look at 25 new students, you wonder how …
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Apr 09 2015
SIP 1.11: English and Englishes
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? As professors, most of us are familiar with the concept of students who are learning English as a second language, and we understand the challenges that students in a language acquisition phase may face in our classrooms. However, we may be less certain about native English-speaking students who are …
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Mar 19 2015
SIP 1.9: Beyond the Lecture
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Many of us teach college as we were taught, through lecture. Although this method has its merits, research shows that students retain more from a class when they are active participants in the learning process (see triangle chart). Take a SIP of this: Beyond the Lecture Students who are …
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Mar 12 2015
SIP 1.8: Inclusive Class Discussions
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Exchanging information, ideas and opinions in open and provocative discussion lies at the heart of inclusive and collaborative learning. A good discussion can be an unmatched learning experience as students articulate their ideas and develop skills in evaluating the evidence of their own and others’ positions. Given such, it …
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Mar 05 2015
SIP 1.7: Instructional Grouping
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? We want students to engage with course material. Unless we create opportunities for students to interact with content in the course materials, they might only encounter it once. Take a SIP of this: Instructional Grouping Benefits and purposes of grouping Encourages student communication and development of academic, discipline-specific language …
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Feb 19 2015
SIP 1.5: Classroom Assessment Techniques
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? We all want to create the ultimate learning environment for our students. What does this look like? It may vary from discipline to discipline, or from lower-division to upper-division classes, but two aspects of a good learning environment are constant: student contribution and student safety. Every student should contribute …
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Feb 05 2015
SIP 1.3: Classroom Climate
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Sometimes classroom climate can be a powerful predictor of student success. When students feel safe and supported in the classroom, success becomes more likely. The problem: how do we break the ice and create community in our classrooms? Take a SIP of this: Classroom Climate Sometime at the beginning …
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