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Cheating: Can We Be Doing More to Promote Academic Integrity?
The most common approach to cheating involves trying to prevent it—multiple versions of a test, roving observation during tests, software that detects plagiarism, policies that prohibit it. However, if...
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The Benefits of Study Groups
Maybe we should be making a stronger pitch for student-led study groups. There’s all sorts of research documenting how students can learn from each other. But, as regularly noted here and elsewhere,...
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Rethinking Rereading
There’s plenty of good research on study strategies that promote learning. It’s also well-documented that students don’t always use them. As most of us are well aware, procrastination gets in the way...
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What to Do About Those Negative Comments on Course Evaluations
If there’s a downside to another academic year coming to a successful close, it’s reading course evaluations. This post explores how we respond to those one or two low evaluations and the occasional...
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Five Keys to Motivating Students
Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivation. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Subsequent...
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Remembering the Coach Who Was a Teacher
I lost a dear friend last month, the colleague and mentor who taught me more about teaching and learning than anyone else. Over the years, Larry Spence wrote a number of pithy pieces for The Teaching...
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A More Strategic Approach to Arranging Students into Groups
What’s the best way to put students into groups? It’s the first task that confronts teachers who want students to work together. And the best reply is one of those “it depends” answers. Here are the...
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Thinking about What Happened. . .
When a discussion didn’t go anywhere. When a group couldn’t seem to work together. When the answer was wrong. When the grade was unexpected. When not all that many students are paying attention. When...
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The First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity
There’s only one first day of class. Here are some ideas for taking advantage of opportunities that are not available in the same way on any other day of the course. It’s students’ first introduction...
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What Are We Communicating to Students When We Write?
Do we communicate more with students in writing than we used to? I think so. In addition to the course syllabus, the usual handouts, and written feedback on papers, projects, and performances, we now...
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