Read about a professor’s efforts to change the attitudes of the students in his classroom. His approach is to make informal and alternative assessments into celebrations of learning. These celebrations come with music, lights, and decorations. The words “quiz” and “test” are banned from this classroom. Read the article to learn how students respond to this …
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Jul 10
Free Rice! What is it?
Do you personally like quizzes? Do you give pop quizzes? Do you construct quizzes as informal, low-stakes assessments? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you may be interested in “Free Rice” as a tool in your classroom. The following article, “5 Ways to Enhance Student Learning Using Free Rice“, gives a …
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Jun 01
Blogging: A Worthwhile Learning Activity
Why Teachers and Students Should Blog This recent article, Why Teachers and Students Should Blog, offers 4 reasons and 5 tips for using blogs in the classroom for increasing student engagement and learning. Link: http://www.edudemic.com/how-and-why-teachers-should-blog/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Education%20Dive%3A%20K12&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202015-06-01%20K12%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter
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Jun 01
Your Summertime Scholarship Work
New Article: “The Semester is Over! It’s Time to Write!” https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1010-the-semester-is-over-it-s-time-to-write?cid=wb&utm_source=wb&utm_medium=en If you are among the faculty who use the summer to work on scholarship endeavors, the CFEI would like to point out a few resources that might be helpful to you. Check out the CFEI website page on Scholarship: http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/rsca/scholarship.aspx Also, for your convenience, the CFEI has a …
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Apr 28
Increase Student Performance & Engagement in Online Classes
A recent article highlights valuable online time-management tools (focusing on commitment, reminder, and/or focus) which helps to increase student performance and course completion and reduce distractions and barriers to success. Tools That Limit Distraction May Raise Student Performance in Online Classes http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/tools-that-limit-distraction-may-raise-student-performance-in-online-classes/56413?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en Some touted online time-management software include: Concentrate FocusBooster RescueTime Self-Control (Mac) …
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