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giving students feedback

nov. 9, 2023—at this time in the semester when students are handing in an assortment of assignments, it is important to provide meaningful feedback to guide their growth. effective feedback can come in a variety of forms, but students find it most helpful when it is educative about what they are doing well and not so well,...

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teaching in tumultuous times

nov. 7, 2023—despite our aspirations for our classrooms to be home to open inquiry and reasoned, informed debate, sometimes the intensely traumatic nature of current events can overwhelm us or our students. whether it is recurring incidents of mass violence, the persistence of social or environmental crises, or polarized political debate in our public sphere, just to...

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soliciting mid-semester feedback from students

oct. 9, 2023—it’s that time of the semester when you may be wondering whether your course is going all that well and what students are thinking about it. we at the cft are here to help you collect just this kind of information and support you as you decide what to do with it.  there are a...

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giving students feedback

nov. 5, 2022—at this time in the semester when students are handing in an assortment of assignments, it is important to provide meaningful feedback to guide their future performance and support their growth. effective feedback can come in a variety of forms, but students find it most helpful when it is educative about what they are doing...

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cft resources highlight

nov. 3, 2022—in the second half of the semester, you might be thinking about the most effective and efficient ways to assess the good work your students are doing. the cft has guides to help:cft 2022年世界杯预选赛赛程表: writing science exams and assessing student learningthese two guides provide guidance, ideas, and resources for instructors creating a range of different kinds of...

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cft celebrates certificate in college teaching graduates

jun. 13, 2022—by ransford pinto congratulations to all the graduate students and postdocs who completed the certificate in college teaching this spring! the certificate in college teaching (cict), co-sponsored by the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 and the graduate school, prepares vanderbilt graduate students and postdocs who wish to gain a clearer, deeper, more active approach to teaching and...

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cumberland project in august 2022

jun. 8, 2022—by joe bandy in this time of environmental uncertainty and crisis higher education plays a vital role in helping the public meet the numerous challenges to sustainability, especially understanding and responding to climate change. vanderbilt has taken up this challenge in a variety of forms, the latest of which is formation of the climate and...

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self-registration courses

may. 23, 2022—by stacey m. johnson self-registration courses are brightspace courses into which anyone with a vunetid can enroll as a student. these courses cover a variety of topics and come from different offices, centers, and departments on campus. find out how to register yourself for a course here. we hope you will self-register for the three...

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online and hybrid teaching working group

mar. 17, 2022—by stacey m. johnson in this series of three meetings via zoom, our group will explore experiential teaching online through the lens of telecollaboration, online community engagement, and online course design. join us for one, two or all three of these conversations in which we will explore resources and challenges associated with experiential online and...

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preparing syllabi for your first faculty job

mar. 15, 2022—this working group will support graduates students and postdocs who will be new faculty in the fall of 2022 and expected to teach their own classes. starting a new faculty position is stressful and demanding; the cft hopes to ease this transition by helping graduating doctoral students and postdocs create their needed syllabi in advance...

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