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Global Literature selection available for purchase
Pick up your spring semester Global Literature Reading Group book at the library before break! We will be reading and discussing A House Without Windows, by Nadia Hashimi on Friday, April 20, 2018. Copies available for $5. Stop by the library or contact Tina Ulrich...
Winter Meltdowns – 10 Minute PD
Earlier this semester, the Educational Technology department started a new series called Winter Meltdowns. Each Meltdown episode is approximately 10 minutes long and features instructors using technology to help their teaching. We have held three meltdowns so...
Spring 2018 Transfer Fair is March 13!
Over 20 university representatives will be on NMC’s campus on Tuesday, March 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to talk with students, staff and faculty about their programs and the transfer process. The university representatives will be Located in: Health/Science...
Developing Metacognition by Modeling with Contextual Frameworks
Metacognition means, simply, thinking about one’s thinking and realizing if you are comprehending what you are thinking. Modeling thinking is one metacognitive approach to instruction that Buehl (2014) found increases student’s abilities to transfer or adapt their...