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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

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.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

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.

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Easy and Effective ELA Activities for Middle School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Set up clues and puzzles that come from the novel your class is reading, and let small groups work together to figure them out. These fun ELA activities for middle school are perfect for any reading level or class setting, whether you’re planning a Friday Fun Day or preparing for an English final exam.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity. Medical education , 36(5), 426–431. link] Mugnai, M.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity. Medical education , 36(5), 426–431. link] Mugnai, M.

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High school program trains the next generation of IT leaders

eSchool News

” Over the past 12 years, Hines has prepared more than 150 juniors and seniors for computer networking certification exams and careers in information technology through Laurel High’s Cisco Networking Academy. “In the past five years we’ve had everybody pass,” Hines said, referring to the certification exams.

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Community in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. I just love the energy group work brings into the classroom; I witness vibrant discussions coupled with cooperative understanding. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:

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