The Teaching Professor Archived Articles by Topic
Article Title
Active Learning: Surmounting the Challenges in a Large Class
Updated 10/9/15
Published
Primary Category
April 2015
Classroom Management
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/Active-Learning-Surmounting-the-Challenges-in-a-Large-Class-13472-1.html
Should Students Form their Own Groups?
May 2015
Classroom Management
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Should-Students-Form-their-Own-Groups-13517-1.html
Reduce Online Course Anxiety with a Check-in Quiz
August-September 2015
Classroom Management
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Reduce-Online-Course-Anxiety-with-a-Check-in-Quiz-13635-1.html
Student Views on Disruptive Behaviors
August-September 2015
Classroom Management
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Student-Views-on-Disruptive-Behaviors-13630-1.html
Designing Homework That Enhances Learning
March 2015
Course Design
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/Designing-Homework-That-Enhances-Learning-13405-1.html
Group Work: Collaborative, Cooperative, or Problem-Based?
February 2015
Course Design
January 2015
Course Design
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/-13366-1.html
Writing Good Assignment Descriptions
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Writing-Good-Assignment-Descriptions-13316-1.html
Moving from Courses to a Curriculum
January 2015
Course Design
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Moving-from-Courses-to-a-Curriculum-13315-1.html
A Democratic Syllabus
April 2015
Course Design
May 2015
Course Design
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/A-Democratic-Syllabus-13471-1.html
Questions That Bring Contemporary Context to Past Personalities
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Questions-That-Bring-Contemporary-Context-to-Past-Personalities-13491-1.html
A Case Where Rubrics Worked!
October 2015
Course Design
February 2015
Faculty Development
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/A-Case-Where-Rubrics-Worked-13713-1.html
The Overconfident Professor: “I Know I Taught You Better Than That!”
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/The-Overconfident-Professor-I-Know-I-Taught-You-Better-Than-That-13362-1.html
Teaching Students the Importance of Professionalism
June-July 2015
Faculty Development
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Teaching-Students-the-Importance-of-Professionalism-13541-1.html
Building Global Competence into Postsecondary Curricula
August-September 2015
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Building-Global-Competence-into-Postsecondary-Curricula-13633-1.html
Faculty Development
Article Title
Are We Thinking as Developmentally as We Should?
Published
Primary Category
August-September 2015
Faculty Development
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Are-We-Thinking-as-Developmentally-as-We-Should-13632-1.html
Teaching Evaluations: A Misinterpretation Issue
October 2015
Faculty Development
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/Teaching-Evaluations-A-Misinterpretation-Issue-13712-1.html
Flipped and Hybrid: Some Interesting Results
June-July 2015
Flipped Courses
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Flipped-and-Hybrid-Some-Interesting-Results-13546-1.html
Flipped Exam Boosts Student Learning
June-July 2015
Flipped Courses
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Flipped-Exam-Boosts-Student-Learning-13542-1.html
A Quiz That Promotes Discussion and Active Learning in Large Classes
March 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/A-Quiz-That-Promotes-Discussion-and-Active-Learning-in-Large-Classes-13404-1.html
A Blog Assignment with Results
March 2015
Grading & Feedback
March 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/A-Blog-Assignment-with-Results-13413-1.html
A Cover Letter Responding to Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/A-Cover-Letter-Responding-to-Feedback-13410-1.html
The Unquiz: An Enjoyable Way to Jog Students’ Memories
March 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/The-Unquiz-An-Enjoyable-Way-to-Jog-Students-Memories-13407-1.html
New Thinking About Feedback
April 2015
Grading & Feedback
April 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/New-Thinking-About-Feedback-13474-1.html
RateMyProfessors.com Comments: An Analysis
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/RateMyProfessorscom-Comments-An-Analysis-13473-1.html
Ungraded Quizzes: Any Chance they Promote Learning?
May 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Ungraded-Quizzes-Any-Chance-they-Promote-Learning-13512-1.html
Does Dropping or Replacing the Lowest Exam Score Detract from Learning?
August-September 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Does-Dropping-or-Replacing-the-Lowest-Exam-Score-13629-1.html
Continuous and Rapid Testing (CaRT): A Simple Tool for Assessment and Communication
August-September 2015
Grading & Feedback
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Continuous-and-Rapid-Testing-CaRT-A-Simple-Tool-13628-1.html
Testing That Promotes Learning
October 2015
Grading & Feedback
May 2015
Specific Student Populations
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/Testing-That-Promotes-Learning-13710-1.html
Use of Appreciative Inquiry in the College Classroom
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Use-of-Appreciative-Inquiry-in-the-College-Classroom-13516-1.html
Article Title
Fun: What Does It Do for Learning?
Published
Primary Category
March 2015
Student Engagement
March 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/Fun-What-Does-It-Do-for-Learning-13409-1.html
Motivating Students: Highlights from Minds Online
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/Motivating-Students-Highlights-from-Minds-Online-13408-1.html
Mingling before Class
February 2015
Student Engagement
January 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/Mingling-before-Class-13367-1.html
Developing Purpose Statements to Shape our Courses
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Developing-Purpose-Statements-to-Shape-our-Courses-13320-1.html
Reaching Students
April 2015
Student Engagement
May 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/Reaching-Students-13470-1.html
Collaboration Tools that Build Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Collaboration-Tools-that-Build-Student-Engagement-13515-1.html
Millennial Students and Classroom Communication
May 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Millennial-Students-and-Classroom-Communication-13513-1.html
A Powerful Question Set
June-July 2015
Student Engagement
June-July 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/A-Powerful-Question-Set-13544-1.html
Student Engagement in Online Courses
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Student-Engagement-in-Online-Courses-13539-1.html
Unbundling Complex Concepts and Skills to Solve the ‘Tappers and Listeners’ Problem
June-July 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Unbundling-Complex-Concepts-and-Skills-to-Solve-the-Tappers-13537-1.html
Nursery Rhymes: The Social Equalizer
August-September 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Nursery-Rhymes-The-Social-Equalizer-13634-1.html
Annotating Learning: Moving Past ‘You Didn’t Try’
August-September 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/115/Annotating-Learning-Moving-Past-You-Didnt-Try-13631-1.html
The Success of Four Activities Designed to Engage Students
October 2015
Student Engagement
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/The-Success-of-Four-Activities-Designed-to-Engage-Students-13709-1.html
Active Learning: Endorsed but Not Used
March 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/Active-Learning-Endorsed-but-Not-Used-13411-1.html
Team Teaching: Active Learning Practice for Teachers
February 2015
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/Team-Teaching-Active-Learning-Practice-for-Teachers-13365-1.html
Teaching Strategies
Article Title
Giving Students Choices
Published
Primary Category
February 2015
Teaching Strategies
February 2015
Teaching Strategies
January 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/Giving-Students-Choices-13364-1.html
Let Them Play On
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/110/Let-Them-Play-On-13363-1.html
Online Discussion Strategies That Create Community
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Online-Discussion-Strategies-That-Create-Community-13319-1.html
Jigsaw Puzzles for Visually Reviewing Material
January 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Jigsaw-Puzzles-for-Visually-Reviewing-Material-13318-1.html
Lasting Effects of Inquiry-Based Learning
January 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/109/Lasting-Effects-of-Inquiry-Based-Learning-13317-1.html
Process Memos: A Dialogue between Students and Teachers
May 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Process-Memos-A-Dialogue-between-Students-and-Teachers-13514-1.html
Skillful Teaching: Core Assumptions
May 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/113/Skillful-Teaching-Core-Assumptions-13511-1.html
Active Learning Wins
June-July 2015
Teaching Strategies
June-July 2015
Teaching Strategies
October 2015
Teaching Strategies
October 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Active-Learning-Wins-13540-1.html
An Assignment that Prepares Students for Ethical Decision-Making
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Active-Learning-Wins-13540-1.html
Learning Logs
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/114/Active-Learning-Wins-13540-1.html
Getting to the Right Answer in Collaborative Testing
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/Getting-to-the-Right-Answer-in-Collaborative-Testing-13708-1.html
Purposeful Pauses and Mindful Communication: Good Techniques for Teachers
October 2015
Teaching Strategies
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/116/Purposeful-Pauses-and-Mindful-Communication-Good-Techniques-for-Teachers-13707-1.html
Clickers or Hand Raising?
March 2015
Technology in the Classroom
April 2015
Technology in the Classroom
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/111/Clickers-or-Hand-Raising-13412-1.html
Using Laptops Effectively in Your Classroom
http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/the-teaching-professor/112/Using-Laptops-Effectively-in-Your-Classroom-13469-1.html