A few years ago, we hired an adjunct professor to teach a three-hour night class. After a few weeks, he came to us in frustration because he couldn’t get the students to discuss the material, and when ...
Teach Students How To Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course To Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation by Saunda McGuire Join us for an informal discussion of ...
Early this year, after the pandemic had moved my classroom online, a student asked if we could try “silent meetings” in a course I was teaching. At first I assumed that, like many of us, he was just ...
WebCampus Discussions are a great way to foster learning and promote engagement and community in classes taught in all modalities. This page discusses why to use online discussions, and shares some ...
The power of a group is undeniable. Group discussions bring the synergy of connection, insight, and joy to the forefront. A popular area of focus for group discussions is books – fiction and ...
Some of the country’s most prominent education organizations are pushing back against efforts to restrict teaching students about racism and oppression. Amidst a flurry of state actions to ban ...