…students than if this is a course immediately preceding the completion of their degrees. It is best practice to create an announcement for each week of the course, as a…
…formative course surveys Instructors can learn much about their courses by surveying students with the anonymous survey tools embedded within the LMS. Students can, for example, share effective instructional practices…
…ideas and ask questions to further guide classroom conversations centered around weekly course topics. Through this “community building” students not only learn the material being presented, but also become immersed…
…much information students have memorized and then can spit back out on an exam. Most test questions are not designed to allow students to engage in really critical thinking or…
…work” (Daniel and Bizer, 2005, p. 103). Direct Instruction is an instructional model that consists of three main components: modeling, guided practice with formative feedback, and independent practice. When utilized…
…the patient. The groups could also opt to complete several optional assignments. To measure the effects of this learner-centered experience, the researcher had students complete the Motivated Strategies for Learning…
…exams tend to be higher than those on monthly exams, which makes sense because there is less material to study for each test—this improved performance on the more frequent tests…
…but how much of it there was and how fast it came. “Knowing now that student gripes are often legitimate, I will complain less about complaining students. … I will…
