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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

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First, decide what class is appropriate, such as a course that you expect a good deal of unexpected issues and problems due to the newness of teaching the course topics; experimenting new curriculum materials; new pedagogical approaches to a course; or improving and addressing student course evaluation and student feedback.

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Course-Correcting Mid-Semester: A Three Question Feedback Survey

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When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

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Course-Correcting Mid-Semester: A Three Question Feedback Survey

Faculty Focus

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). Sojka et al.

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Colleges Can Turn Classes Into Virtual Communities. Here’s How.

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Don’t just use video for lectures; the format can also be used to welcome students to your class, provide feedback (much preferred by students to print feedback) and walk through assignments. Fourth, be brave and conduct a mid-term, anonymous evaluation of your course. Second, you can’t employ too much video.

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What College Students Wish Faculty and Admins Knew About Teaching

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I wish there were better ways of sharing my concerns other than at the end of the semester when you fill out those [teacher evaluations]. Do students take those evaluations seriously or do faculty take those evaluations seriously? I see for example some professors doing an informal course evaluation midway of the semester.

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How to Demonstrate Confidence in Your Teaching

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Dear Bonni, Various times I get feedback from students that they find me too unsure when in front of the class. The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. What are helpful strategies to get better at this?

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

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Posting grades and feedback weeks or months after assignment submission is frustrating for students, especially for assignments that build on one another. Enter grades and feedback in a timely manner and show students where to find your feedback after the first assignment is graded.

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