The Importance of Checking for Student Understanding
How do you know if your students are actually learning? Nothing is as important, but it’s still hard to tell, explains Elizabeth Barkley in this
Celebrating 10 Years
of Teaching Excellence
How do you know if your students are actually learning? Nothing is as important, but it’s still hard to tell, explains Elizabeth Barkley in this
[Editor’s Note: Stephen Brookfield is a featured expert in ACUE’s Course for several modules, including the module on Delivering an Effective Lecture.] When working on the
Tasked with teaching more than 2,000 students each term, University of Michigan Senior Lecturer Brenda Gunderson uses a range of creative active learning strategies in her large
For Viji Sathy, hitting the halfway point of a course is a good time to regroup with students to hear how things are going. But it’s easier said than
José Bowen, president of Goucher College, says encouraging his college instructors to take risks is crucial to promote a culture of teaching on campus. “The first
Dr. Michael Wesch, a subject matter expert in ACUE’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices, is in the spotlight for ACUE’s first Expert Series of 2017. Dr. Wesch, associate
If you could change one thing about your teaching, what would it be? That question was the catalyst for a quest that began nearly a
The application of data visualization to present polling data in this year’s election has given Dr. Derek Bruff a renewed appreciation for visual learning. Expanded access to these
As a chemistry professor and leading expert in learning strategies, Dr. Saundra McGuire has spent her career working to empower students to take control of
“Instruction is the core of any developmental education strategy,” Thomas Bailey and Shanna Smith Jaggars write in “When College Students Start Behind.” The report on underprepared