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How to get Students to Talk in Class

Several of you have expressed dismay about your students’ in-class participation. Here is a great article from Stanford that offers several strategies for How to Get Students to Talk in Class . Some of the things they suggest are: decentralize the classroom—make students the focus and involve them in...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 10-13-2008
Why Good Teachers Have Bad Classes

We’ve all been present in a class that seems to be wrought with boredom. Sometimes we’re the student, sometimes we’re the teacher…it happens both ways and it happens to us all. Here is a great article from Speaking of Teaching Stanford’s newsletter on teaching that includes the Confessions of a Bore...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 03-04-2008
Teaching Controversial Issues

Teaching Controversial Issues is an article from the University of North Carolina on how to utilize controversial issues to stimulate critical thinking and student learning. The article discusses tactics such as playing the devils advocate as a means of enhancing student leaning and engagement in the...

Posted to TEACH Program (Weblog) by mmeixner on 01-28-2008

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