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ask professor pedagogy: holding class outside

apr. 5, 2013—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...

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sotl spotlight: public performances of learning

mar. 29, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director nancy is the author of a variety of scholarship of teaching and learning (sotl) articles and book chapters, as well as co-editor of two books on signature pedagogies and co-editor of teaching & learning inquiry, the official journal of the international society for the scholarship of teaching and learning (issotl). “sotl spotlight”...

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teaching demonstrations: advice and strategies

mar. 29, 2013—by adam wilsman, graduate teaching fellow if you’re on the academic job market, you may be hearing back from more schools each week as many start to make decisions about their open faculty positions.  if you’re among the lucky ones, you may even receive a campus invite or two.  while this is a major accomplishment...

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sotl spotlight: teaching & learning inquiry

mar. 25, 2013—by nancy chick, cft assistant director nancy is the author of a variety of sotl articles and book chapters, as well as co-editor of two books on signature pedagogies and co-editor of teaching & learning inquiry, the official journal of the international society for the scholarship of teaching and learning (issotl). “sotl spotlight” is her ongoing feature on...

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ask professor pedagogy: lonely office hours

mar. 22, 2013—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...

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ask professor pedagogy: learning styles

mar. 15, 2013—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...

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measurement of ‘learning outcomes’ comes to graduate school

mar. 12, 2013—“i just know it in my bones” is the rationale some professors might give to explain how they know whether or not their students have learned, writes david glenn in an article posted in the chronicle of higher education. this article focuses in particular on graduate education, since even those programs that consist of more...

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making student thinking visible: metacognitive practices in the classroom

mar. 11, 2013—by nancy chick (cft assistant director) and katie headrick taylor (cft graduate teaching fellow) every friday, the four cft graduate teaching fellows and assistant director nancy chick meet to discuss the week’s activities and then explore something substantive, either through readings or guests.  we recently discussed the “top 12 teaching and learning articles of 2012”...

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ask professor pedagogy: utilizing oak in your courses

mar. 8, 2013—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...

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ask professor pedagogy: assessment suggestions for large lecture classes

feb. 22, 2013—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...

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