…contacting me. Describe concern in behavioral terms. As the syllabus indicates, ___ % of your final grade relates to class participation. I understand that you are choosing to receive point…
…syllabus that they are responsible for their own learning – their time, their money, their grade. If they want to spend the entire class on their cell phone – as…
…in the course syllabus. Do students read the policy? At a large Australian university, students are sent a copy of the academic dishonesty policy. Fifty percent of more than 3000…
…must face. Students cheat because they get away with it. Talk more about academic dishonesty. Having the policy in the syllabus and going over the details on the first day…
…I simply refer them to the guidelines in the syllabus, or I ask, “What do you think you could have done to earn a higher score?” Having a clear rubric…
…addition to having a “welcome message” in our syllabus, we can set the tone by making a habit of arriving to class at least 10 minutes before it is scheduled…
…second of wakefulness. Attention is a required ingredient for learning. This has ramifications for syllabus policies on the use of electronic devices for note-taking, which have been shown to be…
…another faculty member to create a learning community, incorporating collaborative assignments and projects, engaging students in research projects, or adding a service learning activity to your syllabus to name a…
