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Teaching Students with Disabilities: A Proactive Approach
Perhaps you have found yourself in the midst of a conflict like one I faced in my introductory psychology class. A student with a documented disability e-mailed me on the day the required, five-page research
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On Taking Attendance
Dr. Bob: I can’t believe it! I am so frustrated lecturing to a half-empty room. What’s wrong with students today? Why don’t they show up for class? Why don’t they want to learn? Dr. Mary
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For the ‘Grader’ Good
College grading first appeared at Yale University in 1783, primarily for ranking students (Milton, Pollio, & Eison,1986) and around the turn of the 20th century, Max Meyer’s (1908) five-letter (A through F) grading scheme began
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Helping Students Do Well in Class: GAMES
I studied so hard for this test, and I still did badly! What can I do?I know that a few students are going to appear at my door with this lament after I return exams
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Technology is not a Toy!
Star Wars’ producer, George Lucas, and former Illinois Governor and presidential candidate, Adlai Stevenson would surely have had a lively conversation if able to discuss the place of technology in education! They would be at
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Getting the Most Out of Your Student Ratings of Instruction
How do you react after reading your student ratings of instruction? How is it that professionals with advanced degrees who have taught for decades can be devastated or elated based on a comment or two
