

Clicker Response Systems
A few months ago, an article was published entitled, "Clickers can promote fact retention but impede conceptual understanding: The effect...


Evidence Based Teaching Strategies
First, I would like to welcome our new readers from NYU Prague! This week, I am sharing a compilation of the "Top Evidence Based...


Motivating Students
The major reoccurring topic this week was student motivation, so I would like to share this 2017 study entitled, "Quality Instruction as...


Making Teaching More Engaging
This week, instead of a SoTL article, I would like to share a recent article from the Chronicle, entitled "How to make your teaching more...


Measuring Student Engagement
I am thrilled to share another request, on the topic of how to measure student engagement. I will actually share several articles and...


Cognitive Load
Many times during the term, we are concerned about how students are processing, applying and retaining information in a meaningful and...


Teaching Large Classes
This week's article on Class Size is a faculty request (which I hope happens more). Increasing the number of students in classes has been...


Note-taking Research
Relatively recent research on student note-taking during class indicated long-hand may be best, much attributed to potential distractions...


Asking More Effective Questions
A frequent question asked is how to encourage active discussion, which begins with our instructional design. To assist, I would like to...


Motivating Students to Read
This week's post was identified through a chat and the Chronicle article on "Are You Assigning Too Much Reading?" So, I would like to...