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Category Archives: Teaching and Learning
Progress Report
Since it’s mid-term time, I decided to make appointments with each of my FSEM students to see how the course was going for them. They thought they were making appointments with me, and they weren’t sure what it was all … Continue reading
Posted in First Year Seminar
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Not part of your permanent record!
This is another post where I explore and struggle with the notion of grading. This week I reviewed the first substantive assignment I asked my intro students to write this semester. It was actually assignment number three, where the first … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment & Grading
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Something of little substance
Last Spring, at the NITLE Summit, I encountered something of little substance. (This is to be distinguished from the many things of substance I also encountered.) In one of the sessions, we were given small whiteboards to use for some … Continue reading
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More on metacognition and assessment
For a couple of years now, I’ve tried to build low stakes, formative assessment into my intro courses. The intent was to help students become more responsible for their own learning and promote more mid-course adjustments to study strategies while … Continue reading
Posted in The Experiment
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Naming the Teaching Center
We need to come up with an appropriate name for the UMW Teaching Center. Ernie, the Chair of the Teaching Center Advisory Committee, points out that most teaching centers have similar and not very catchy names. Does the name matter? … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, UMW Teaching Center
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A Research Project for First Year Students
One of the things I haven’t done particularly well over the last two years in my First Year Seminar on globalization is the research paper assignment. My first attempt was Version 1: The Expert Study, essentially a research paper by … Continue reading
Posted in First Year Seminar
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Backchannels and Class Participation
Interesting post on the Digital Natives blog about backchannels and class participation.
Posted in Teaching and Learning
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My Vision for the UMW Teaching Center
Over the last six months, I have several times mentioned the plans for our new Teaching Center at UMW. Faculty and staff have been asked to provide input into the planning process, and we have been told that this input … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and Learning, UMW Teaching Center
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Coincidence or small world?
Sometimes progress comes where you least expect it. Checking my twitter feed this morning, I noticed several tweets from someone I didn’t recognize. I clicked on the new tweeter, one Chris Jobling, and discovered that he teaches at the Swansea … Continue reading
Posted in Social Networking, Teaching and Learning
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Is Economics Like Physics?
This is the question that a group of my colleagues, led by Mark Maier of Glenwood Community College (in California) and Scott Simpkins of North Carolina A&T University, have been exploring for the last three years. It is generally known … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Teaching and Learning
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