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Beyond the Classroom:Developing Students’ Professional Social Skills
Have you ever encountered students whose academic performance is excellent, yet their attitudes are not? For example, you may have known a student who performed exceptionally on assignments, but was habitually late to class, argued
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Storytelling in Teaching
“Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.” – Indian Proverb Once upon a time, long
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Faculty-Librarian Collaboration
Some folks come to the college library fully expecting the experience be excruciatingly dull, and we are not necessarily referring to students. If truth be told, as a faculty member, I (first person throughout refers
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A New Edition of Your Text
It’s bound to happen almost every three years – the text that you worked so hard to select and then worked even harder to incorporate into your course comes out in a new edition. For
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The First Day of Class
Every time we think we are on top of our teaching, even briefly, a host of pedagogical issues nibble at our consciousness – course content, method of presentation, critical thinking, writing across the curriculum and
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The Final Exam
“Hey Pops, you want to help me study for my Algebra final?” asked my son. I replied, “Sure thing, we’ve been working together all semester, so why stop now? Did your teacher hand out a
