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Beyond Syllabus Week: Creative Strategies to Engage Students from Day One

Faculty Focus

It serves as a contract between instructors and students (Eberly, Newton, & Wiggins, 2001), outlining the entire semesters expectations, assignments, and deadlines. Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Newton, S.

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Beyond Syllabus Week: Creative Strategies to Engage Students from Day One

Faculty Focus

It serves as a contract between instructors and students (Eberly, Newton, & Wiggins, 2001), outlining the entire semesters expectations, assignments, and deadlines. Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Newton, S.

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Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Writing Process 

Faculty Focus

I began my teaching career in August of 2001. Over the years, I have seen countless instructional plans, new technologies, supposedly groundbreaking research, and have attended every type of professional development opportunity imaginable. Visible Thinking Routines (VTR) were developed as part of the Harvard Project Zero.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

Martin is a former early childhood education lecturer at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a former assistant professor of early childhood education, and a faculty professional development coordinator at Miles College. This is why a well-designed course will have a balance of formative and summative assessments. Carless, D.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What Murray Sperber described in his bestseller Beer and Circus in 2001 is every bit as true today: the academic enterprise is decentered, and the quality of housing amenities, the robustness of student life programming, and the quality of an institution’s athletic teams are primary drivers of undergraduate enrollment.

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Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Writing Process 

Faculty Focus

I began my teaching career in August of 2001. Over the years, I have seen countless instructional plans, new technologies, supposedly groundbreaking research, and have attended every type of professional development opportunity imaginable. Visible Thinking Routines (VTR) were developed as part of the Harvard Project Zero.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

Martin is a former early childhood education lecturer at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a former assistant professor of early childhood education, and a faculty professional development coordinator at Miles College. This is why a well-designed course will have a balance of formative and summative assessments. Carless, D.