Category: Classes & Workshops

Teaching Students How to Be Better Listeners Ask students to write for one minute on “What do I hope to … Continue reading >How Do Students Process the Content of a Lecture?

The book highlights four core important lessons: 1. Students attending 4-year universities are too often “academically adrift.” Undergraduate learning is … Continue reading >Academically Adrift

When to Test Tests are important in making the goals of a course concrete and influencing student methods of learning. … Continue reading >Testing: The Details

Effective lecturers combine the talents of scholar, writer, producer, comedian, entertainer, and teacher in ways that contribute to student learning. … Continue reading >How to Make Lectures More Effective

1. What students learn depends as much on your tests and methods of assessment as on  your teaching, maybe even … Continue reading >Assessing, Testing, and Evaluating: Grading is Not the Most Important Function