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Teaching can drain you. We invest so much in to our lessons, planning, giving feedback.... and for what? Proverbially, we are planting seeds that we may never see grow. More often than not, we will never know the outcomes of what students take away from our classes....
The Lock Box Exam: “Escaping the Rhetoric” – Checking Content & Reinforcing Gen Ed Outcomes
Before I begin, I need to give credit and a shout out to Nick Roster, who inspired me with his own lock box activity. I had been wanting to do a group-styled "exam" for some time with my classes, and his idea of the "lock box" gave me the inspiration and vehicle to...
Embracing Neurodiversity in the Classroom
At January's Friday Forum, we heard from a panel on the topic of neurodiversity (the range of individual differences in brain function and behavioral traits including autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia). Two students, Hannah Krohn and Harley Maxbauer; a former...
Learner Centered Teaching Resources from January Conference
We were honored to host learner-centered teaching guru Maryellen Weimer on Jan. 6 for our January Conference faculty professional development. She focused on the five characteristics of learner-centered teaching: 1) students are doing the hard, messy work of learning,...