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Humor and Teaching
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” Charlie Chaplin Humor has been proven to improve health, reduce stress and build relationships but can laughter help your students learn? A recent study published in the journal Humor: International Journal of Human Research,...
Do you think he will get mad?
“Do you think he’ll get mad if I do them all this way?” A student was holding up a folded sheet of notebook paper for her friend to see. I was walking by the table outside my office area that they were using for homework. My first thought was to snatch the paper...
Lady in the Classroom?
I have grown to become a great fan of a wonderful movie by M. Night Shyamalan entitled “Lady in the Water.” Bizarre. Different. Odd. Unique. These were my first impressions; kind of other worldly if you will. But upon reflection, and given time, I found myself...
Pharmacology Scavenger Hunt Assignment
Teaching fundamentals of nursing, I seldom get the "aha" moment. When I taught the second semester students, I would see the "aha" moment when students were in clinical and what they learned in lecture finally made sense. Instead of just memorizing information, the...