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Providing little hints throughout the semester can help your students succeed.
Hint #16: Reflect on how the semester went and what adjustments you might want to make.
View and be inspired by this YouTube playlist that offers a series of videos showing individuals who failed (sometimes more than once) before they achieved success.
Providing little hints throughout the semester can help your students succeed.
By Casey Peterson
Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck says, “the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life”. Mindset is that view. She outlines two predominant mindsets…
By Holly DeVries
In this presentation, Dr. Mari Borr highlights various asynchronous teaching practices to consider utilizing in your next course. According to Dr. Borr, several approaches that make…
Providing little hints throughout the semester can help your students succeed.
Hint #14: Put together a study plan for final exams.
View our 16-week tips for students handout >>
By Chris Palmer
I started teaching at American University at the age of 56 after a rewarding career as an environmental and wildlife film producer. That was almost ten years ago, and I’ll be the…
Civil and productive discussions are an important part of higher education both in the classroom and in today's work environments. Facilitating good discussions in your classroom teaches your students…
Providing little hints throughout the semester can help your students succeed.
Civil and productive discussions are an important part of higher education both in the classroom and in today's work environments. Facilitating good discussions in your classroom teaches your students…
What teaching tip, method, or technique did you think was "gold" but, when implemented, it failed or didn't go as planned?
Mistakes and failures are important for learning, let's show our growth…
By Holly DeVries
In this panel discussion, Dr. Beena Ajmera, Dr. Kimberly Booth, and Dr. Theresa Shume discuss the pros and cons of continuing adaptive Hyflex practices when classes are in the “new…