Next week: a “brown bag” event on grading practices, December 3 (free period). What grade would you give your grading policy? Join your colleagues for an open-ended discussion of grading practices. This Thanksgiving week we present again the many links and resources we’ve identified this semester. Below are the links to this semester’s weekly updates. … Continue reading TMAC Weekly 11.26.13…
Month: November 2013
Teaching Matters Weekly 11.21.13
Coming Up: a “brown bag” event on grading practices, December 3 (free period). Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Próspero N. García (Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages) discusses the importance of learning goals in his classroom teaching practice. Question of the Month: Reading is Fundamental. But how do we teach critical and effective reading? Please share with us (and … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 11.21.13…
Faculty Spotlight – Próspero N. García
Dr. Próspero N. García (assistant professor, Foreign Languages) compares creating learning goals for his classes to the process of cooking a good meal: if you’re not sure what you’re cooking from the beginning, you won’t know what ingredients you need. Keeping this in mind, he carefully considers the overall objective of the course and then … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight – Próspero N. García…
Teaching Matters Weekly 11.14.13
This week: “Assessing Your Assessment Plan: A Workshop for Chairs, Directors (and Others),” (11/15, noon – 2, ATG-Faculty Lounge, brown bag + light refreshments) Faculty Spotlight: This week we spotlight two professors recently recognized for their work at the global and the local level. Professor Elizabeth Demaray (Associate Professor, Fine Arts) was interviewed by the … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 11.14.13…
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rajiv Gandhi
Dr. Rajiv Gandhi (Associate Professor, Computer Science) believes that his strength in teaching is nothing special: he chooses materials that are challenging for his students and then works hard to give them the support necessary to come up with solutions on their own. He notes that this culture of hard work is absorbed by his … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Rajiv Gandhi…