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Make Your Teaching the Cynosure of AttentionĀ 

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Lang wrote many articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education on how to sustain the attention of students for a longer time. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Many instructors have a tendency to overload students with new information during the final minutes of class. A smattering of humor.

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Four Steps to Promote Student Success in College Classrooms

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Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process.

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Four Steps to Promote Student Success in College Classrooms

Faculty Focus

Lecturing has long been the primary method of conveying information to groups of students. But the monotonous presentation of information and lengthy one-way communication in didactic lecture lacks student engagement and makes students passive listeners in their learning process.

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Make Your Teaching the Cynosure of AttentionĀ 

Faculty Focus

Lang wrote many articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education on how to sustain the attention of students for a longer time. Students remember lectures that are infused with humor. Many instructors have a tendency to overload students with new information during the final minutes of class. A smattering of humor.

Attention 103
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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

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In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. As both formative and summative assessments have a distinct purpose, they are used simultaneously in educational settings.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. As both formative and summative assessments have a distinct purpose, they are used simultaneously in educational settings.

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Drawing in Two Hands: Communication Accommodation with Individuals from Different Cultural BackgroundsĀ 

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The activity The activity takes a maximum of 45 minutes to complete. Using the theoretical concepts discussed in the opening lecture, students are prepared to then engage in a discussion using the following guiding questions: What struggles were you facing when drawing with your partners? Mdletye, Z. In Usadolo, E.

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