Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Ways to boost cross-field talk include structured debates on complex issues, small group work with students from different fields, or case studies that need multiple viewpoints. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well. Yang et al.

Interdisciplinary 52

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Ways to boost cross-field talk include structured debates on complex issues, small group work with students from different fields, or case studies that need multiple viewpoints. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well. Yang et al.

Interdisciplinary 54

Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 54

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This piece will suggest a few simple ideas that teachers of introductory STEM classes may implement in their course design to turn their lectures into active learning experiences for a large student body, without needing to completely revisit and change their whole teaching style. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash.

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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The more comfortable the students are with each other, the more likely theyll be to form study groups on their own. You can also help to facilitate study groups through online survey responses or in-class sign-up sheets. Test reviews are another great opportunity to incorporate collaborative activities in class. 2022, February).

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 107

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The more comfortable the students are with each other, the more likely theyll be to form study groups on their own. You can also help to facilitate study groups through online survey responses or in-class sign-up sheets. Test reviews are another great opportunity to incorporate collaborative activities in class. 2022, February).

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 89

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By arriving early, I help ensure students won’t see me frantically trying to organize my paperwork or my frustration at the computer for not working. Or, if you emphasize group work in your class, you may want to structure the student introductions to emphasize the importance of groups from the first day.

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Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By arriving early, I help ensure students won’t see me frantically trying to organize my paperwork or my frustration at the computer for not working. Or, if you emphasize group work in your class, you may want to structure the student introductions to emphasize the importance of groups from the first day.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Teachers Discussions Questions 98