Apr 28 2016
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Providing individualized attention to students in “real time” (synchronously) is an important aspect of university teaching, and meeting with students face to face (F2F) is a time-honored and institutionalized way of making this happen. Yet, traditional “office hours,” in which a professor announces times in which students may drop in …
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Apr 21 2016
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Do you ever assign your students articles or book chapters to read prior to class, expecting or perhaps hoping for an engaging conversation, only to end up sounding like the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? ….. “Anyone?….Anyone?” It can be disheartening and even infuriating when students do not …
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Apr 07 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Supplementary instructional materials such as websites or YouTube videos can enhance student engagement and enrich course material, but are also difficult to integrate into a course without overburdening students or taking up too much time in class. Assigning these materials together as a whole group might actually diminish interaction …
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Mar 31 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? After reading SIP 3.9 on differentiated assignments, you have decided to let your students design their own final products for your class. But now you are wondering: how in the world are you going to fairly and efficiently grade final products that are all different? How will you ensure …
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Mar 17 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? With only a few weeks until the end of the semester, students are now (hopefully!) starting work on their final papers or projects. Have you ever shuddered with negative anticipation just thinking about receiving another set of what seems like the same work you saw last semester and the …
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Mar 10 2016
Thirsty for Strong Instructional Practice? Our students have very complex and complicated lives that pull them in many directions between school, work, and family obligations. We want to respect our students’ lives, however we also want them to do college work and participate in class. How do we balance these competing needs? Take a SIP …
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Mar 03 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Faculty, staff and administrators are becoming more and more aware of strategies and services to support students with disabilities, and on-campus entities like the Access Center (www.msudenver.edu/access ) exist to facilitate this aspect of our work. What happens, though, if we encounter a student whose disability is not outwardly …
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Feb 25 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Regardless of the subject you teach, there may be times when you assign students to write, either as a way to help them learn or as a way for you to evaluate their learning. You may feel like you are in over your head if you aren’t a writing …
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Feb 23 2016
Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? “Will this be on the test?” How many of us groan (sometimes audibly) when we hear that question? It clearly indicates that the student has been taught to jump through the hoops, but that he or she does not see the big picture. We want students to care about …
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