College Teaching articles from January 2003

College Teaching archives from January 2003

Ten strategies for getting students to take responsibility for their learning.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. This article presents ten strategies instructors can use to get their students to take more responsibility for their learning. Suggestions are given about the importance of getting students to verbalize why they are taking the course,...

Teaching revolution: issues in interdisciplinary education.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. One question of interdisciplinary education is how to encourage students to draw connections between disciplines and to engage in critical thinking. The authors developed a team-taught interdisciplinary course examining the history...

Almost a game: enabling restrictions in sentence variety exercises.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. A sentence variety exercise, used to help student writers consciously consider and control the lengths and types of sentences in their essays, is discussed. Students revised paragraphs according to the method and reflected on whether...

Learning by Web design: how it affects graduate student attitudes.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. Can use of technology make a difference in student learning? Although a considerable literature describes its advantages in conceptual terms, research documenting its effective use in this context is limited. The purpose of this study...

Everyone deserves a second chance; using the day after the exam as a learning opportunity. (The Quick Fix).
January 1, 2003... I enjoyed reading Howard E. Aldrich's commentary entitled "How to Hand Exams Back to Your Class" in the Summer 2001 issue of College Teaching. For the past two years, I have also used the day after my general chemistry exams as a learning...

The teacher, the scholar, the self: fitting thinking and writing into a four-four load.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. Expectations for tenure-track faculty are often high. Professors must often balance schedules filled with teaching, service projects, and other duties, leaving little time for meaningful research. The author suggests ways to connect...

Guarding against potential bias in student evaluations: what every faculty member needs to know.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. Course evaluations are used by many institutions in promotion, tenure, and merit decisions. This article discusses the influences on those evaluations and how faculty can combat those biases to ensure accurate portrayal of their...

Improving student peer feedback.
January 1, 2003... Abstract. Instructors use peer feedback to afford students multiple assessments of their work and to help them acquire important lifelong skills. However, research finds that this type of feedback has questionable validity, reliability, and...

Mathematics: What Role in a liberal arts curriculum? (Commentary).
January 1, 2003... One of the thorniest issues facing those charged with constructing a set of core or general education requirements at a college or university committed to the liberal arts is the question of what to do with mathematics. There are those faculty...