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Teaching With Technology in Higher Ed? Start With Relationship-Building.

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Student reflection assignments have been shown to produce cathartic effects on academic performance and even health. When confidentiality is assured, students are often willing to deeply unpack the very unique ways in which they navigate their lives both generally, and in the context of the class that requested the assignment.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. A history starts with the historical context necessary to understand the argument. Assign storytelling.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. A history starts with the historical context necessary to understand the argument. Assign storytelling.