Advice

For International Teaching Assistants, meaning negotiation plays a vital role when it comes to interactions with native English speaking undergraduate students in the laboratory or in the classroom. In this article, I share a few tips that can help ITA instructors or coaches guide ITAs through their interactions with their (future) undergraduate students.

A Message from the Editor: For those of you that know me, and no doubt today, at the start of this project, many of you...

A common complaint of college instructors is how many of their students don’t come to office hours when they are struggling. As instructors, we...

There’s a lot of talk in teaching circles about feedback—how to give an appropriate amount that doesn’t overwhelm the student (or the teacher’s workload) and balances praise and constructive criticism. Finding praise is, of course, characterized by its very verb as the part where you have to strain yourself, what you include to soften the blow your critique.

An unruly class can leave us feeling flustered, frustrated, and downright helpless. Try these strategies to help refocus your students' attention.

Those of us who teach Creative Writing usually have the luxury that our students actively choose to be in the class. When they come...

Group projects regularly cause trepidation but structuring them as competitive contests leads students away from generic and predictable outcomes.

I’ve become familiar with the resistance to classroom discussions, but, until recently, I always assumed good discussions were lacking because students are, generally speaking, lacking in “critical thinking.” But last week, something happened that made me reconsider.

We're all familiar with the frustrations that come from students not reading the syllabus. But I've come to realize the problem isn't one of whether or not the syllabus is read, but one of if and how it's used.

I am frequently asked, “How do you do what you do?” and I always say, “I just do it.” So,when prompted to discuss how...

Maintaining student engagement can be difficult, especially as we near midterms where students' minds are preoccupied with any number of papers, exams, or presentations....

Being teachers and instructors, we frequently include oral presentations into our syllabi. Unlike other group or individual activities, Power Point presentations on a particular...

While the syllabus forms the foundation of a course, it doesn't always reach it's full potential. By nature, the syllabus is linear. The daily plans...

I pride myself in knowing all of my student’s names by the end of the first week of class. This is no easy task...

In introductory writing classes with a research based project, most of us spend time teaching students how to read academic journal articles. We understand how to...

Today, to pace with the learners’ interests and needs, most teachers tend to change their teaching styles, making their classes more interactive and task-oriented.