How Students’ Reasoning Develops If you’ve ever felt frustrated that your students seem to think only in black and white, or that they seem reluctant to do their own reasoning, and expect you to provide the “right” answers to every question, you might be reassured to know that what you’re noticing is not intellectual languor, […]

A Brief Guide to In-Class Activities As often as we can, we like to speak with students about their experiences—how does it feel to be a student at FSU at this point in the semester? What we’re hearing now is that there’s still excitement about the new term, but students are feeling isolated. They wish […]

Staying Connected During Quarantine & Isolation If you are feeling so tired of this pandemic, we’re right there with you. Because of the latest surge, we’re all noticing more student absences and requests for alternate ways to keep up with the class. Since we absolutely do not want ill or potentially contagious students coming to […]

To Help Students Grow, Start Where They Are Welcome back! We’re starting the new year with a new provost, and a recently new president. FSU is changing and growing, so we thought it might be useful to frame the new term with some contemplation of the role of change in learning, and of what it […]