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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

Group work is a great tool in a STEM teacher’s arsenal, and one of the most important ways that modern teaching is deviating from the traditional lecture (Freeman et al., Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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How to Engage Students and Support Learning in Large Classes

Edsurge

His teaching assistants have engaged with students in the class from places such as Ethiopia, Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Samoa and Vietnam. He offers a free set of resources for instructors who wish to use the ANTH 101 materials. These answers are curated on the main ANTH 101 website.

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

Faculty Focus

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. References Strenghscope. 2022, February).

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Fostering Teamwork: Implementing Collaborative Assignments as High-Impact Practice

Faculty Focus

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. As instructors, we are continually looking for ways to grow and improve. Instructors are encouraged to take small steps to start building HIPs in their curriculums, and there are some HIPs which are easy to incorporate into an existing course. References Strenghscope. 2022, February).

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Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms  

Faculty Focus

To implement the first piece of CAKE, care, we suggest an instructor take some time to implement this strategy. Instructors can provide sheets with an outline of a blank hand/palm or ask students to use the drawing function on their device as an option. Trace boundaries around your fingers and palm to create an outline of your hand.

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Did Students Learn As Much During Remote Online Instruction?

Edsurge

As this COVID-disrupted semester comes to a close, we wanted to know how well the emergency online teaching experiment went at colleges, and what it felt like from instructors’ point of view. Meanwhile, teaching assistants led the weekly group sessions via Zoom, at the same time each week. Was it as good?

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

By creating a learning environment tailored to various majors, addressing barriers, and demonstrating real-world applications, instructors can make the classroom “YOUnique.” This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator.