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Teaching Tips from Experienced Teachers
Teachers wanting to take their game to a new level are hungry for what this Observer page offers: tips for effective teaching, tips for teaching that informs, stimulates, energizes, and even entertains. My favorite teaching
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The Professor’s Voice
What do most college professors have in common with Billy Joel, Reverend Billy Graham, Bill Murray, and Bill Clinton? Few of us are named “Bill,” so that’s not it. Rather, it is our occupational dependence
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What We Can Do to Help Undergraduate Students Not Going on for Graduate Studies
“I want to go to graduate school and become a professor of psychology.” Who doesn’t receive a thrill when a promising student declares an intention to become an academic? Is there anything in the world
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Entrances and Exits: Making the Most of 60 Key Seconds in Every Class
By Cathy Sargent Mester “Did you hear the one about the dog and the hot air balloon?” In reading that question, you decided whether to read more or not. This article, like every public act
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Teaching a Course You Feel Unprepared to Teach
Life in higher education is full of surprises. Like everyone else, sooner or later you will probably agree to teach a course you do not feel well prepared to teach. This might be in an
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Brave New World … Wide Web
Have you ever thought students in your course were listening to what you say, yet barely communicate with you? Have you ever wanted to provide a large number of documents and information to your students
