Assignments Failure Syllabus 
Cult of Pedagogy
MAY 11, 2025
Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort. In a classroom focused on avoiding errors and completing tasks, students may see the purpose of a math assignment as completing items 1-17 without any errors so it can be checked and graded.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators.
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world. In my assignment description I have a little footnote that gives her credit,” he says. “As
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
But failure is the whole point of the exercise. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment. Source: Course Hero.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 21, 2025
Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).
Edsurge
APRIL 18, 2018
It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters. By placing the structure in the purpose of the assignment, I opened up more possibilities. There were my guidelines.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Instructional technology may take the form of software that can be used to complete homework assignments, or serve as a primary content-delivery and assessment system in fully online or blended online classes. Online videos (e.g. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.
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