A Perfect Time for Formative Feedback In the beginning of a course, students learn fundamental concepts and skills that they will need to build on all semester, so this is an important time for them to get some feedback on how it’s going. They need to know whether they are “getting it” so far, and […]

Learning Through Inquiry The everyday work of a scholar involves posing questions that matter in your discipline. Your relentless curiosity is part of the love for your field that got you to where you are today. If you can help your students to see their learning this way, too—as a process of asking good questions […]

A Snapshot of What Students Learn The opening of a new semester, full of promise and potential, is a great time to motivate students by providing a vision of the learning they’ll do in your course. Since learning is a process of change, you can help them see the course as transformative: What will they […]

Getting to Know Our Students Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break. As we launch a new semester, we tend to have competing priorities; to build a strong foundation for learning, the most important thing we can do is get to know our new students. Of course we need […]