By: Barbara Millis
“The idea for the Overteaching workshop initially came to me when I was mentoring an eager young Captain at the United States Air Force Academy,” confessed Bob Noyd during a recent interview. “Jim was the perfect new faculty member: enthusiastic, caring, supportive, and hard-working. However, he was very disappointed in his students’ […]
em>This award honors an individual who has made outstanding instructional contributions to the Nevada System of Higher Education.
By: Barbara Millis
You can improve retention and attendance by recognizing your students as individuals.
By: Barbara Millis
Managing large classes skillfully enables teachers to focus on their content and effective delivery. Here are some methods to ease the trial of taking attendance in large classes.
Stephen Lafer, associate professor of curriculum, teaching and learning, is organizing the Dana Davis Forum in Education at 7 p.m., May 2 in the William Raggio Building Student Lounge.
By: Barbara Millis
When a learner contributes to the discussion or asks a question, taking the initiative to learn, what is the best way to respond? To facilitate self-discovery and self-appropriated learning, effective teachers respond without changing the topic and share their own information or perspective with mutual respect and without domination.
By: Barbara Millis
What does it mean to think? Some people would like to be able to “think better”—or more often want other people’s thinking to improve. But research shows that everyone is capable of thinking—the problem is to stop teachers from precluding it. The right kind of questions help.
By: Barbara Millis
Design an individualized assignment that’s easy to grade. Have all students do the same assignment with different data.
By: Barbara Millis
Reduce email by getting students to use the discussion board.
By: Barbara Millis
Awareness of complexity and enhanced understanding results when learners discuss the meaning of events with each other. But to be successful, groups need a common experience to draw them into participation, establish a personal connection with the content, and provide a shared referent from which to exemplify their ideas.
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