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Spring Professional Development Opportunities

By: Phil Packer The nautical phrase “steady as she goes” seems to have some application to our efforts to improve teaching as we begin a new academic term. It is the order given to the helmsman to make such course corrections as will keep the ship on the same heading. The he... [More]
Posted April 23, 2009 Comments (0)

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Teaching Students How You Use the Learning Model

Many students do not recognize faculty members’ efforts to help them learn.   While some students come to an “aha” realization of how the course activities fit together, others come away less satisfied—even when they have learned all that was intended.  ... [More]
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Physics Professor Tracks Action Research Results

Physics professor Evan Hansen is a driven person – data-driven that is.  Like many of us, Evan has been experimenting with small changes to his instructional assumptions and methods over the past several years as the college has sought to promote ever-increasing instructional excelle... [More]
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