Posted in Classroom Strategies on Feb 27th, 2012
With a constant influx of fancy new technology at our finger tips, many instructors jump at the opportunity to incorporate these new tools into the classroom. Each tool boasts an impressive resume of improving student learning, building a sense of community, and fostering student discussion. What they don’t tell you is that instructing students to […]
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Posted in Classroom Strategies on Feb 21st, 2012
Peer-led Team learning (PLTL) is a method commonly used in undergraduate science courses where students who have completed the course and done well are recruited to become peer-leaders to the students the following year. These peer-leaders then interact with current students promoting critical thinking through group problem solving. This method has gained significant momentum in […]
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Posted in Assessment Strategies on Feb 7th, 2012
You can use a Google Form with this technique for collecting student feedback.
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