This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 23, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Many students don’t pay much attention in class. They
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 19, 2015. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. There’s only one first day of class. Here are
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on July 5, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. First impressions are important and you can make favorable
This article is part of The Path to Wellbeing: Overcoming Burnout and Reigniting Your Teaching special report. Download a FREE copy here. I have been
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on September 13, 2021. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Use coupon code NEWYEAR59 to get your
The syllabus—most of us use them, many of our students don’t read them. We wondered if this venerable artifact of teaching might merit a revisit.
Most of us teaching at the college level like to read. We read professional materials, and we read for pleasure. We know firsthand that much
There’s no discounting the importance of the first day of class. What happens that day sets the tone for the rest of the course. Outlined
To: My Students From: Your Teacher Re: What’s happening in college—is it real? I just read about a senior engineering student who was presenting a
I recently revisited something I’ve always considered a great resource. It originally appeared in a 1992 issue of the Teaching Professor and was published then
