Greetings from TMAC director Bill FitzGerald! Welcome back or welcome aboard to what promises to be a year of productive and stimulating events sponsored by the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center. Over the weeks and months ahead, you will hear of opportunities to work with your colleagues in the College of Arts and Sciences on … Continue reading Teaching Matters Weekly 9.24.13…
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Learning and Transfer, Part II
In Part II of “Why They Don’t Apply What They’ve Learned” (CHE, 2/19/13), James Lang observes: Whatever subject you are teaching, you probably believe your students will transfer that knowledge or those skills to at least some of their subsequent courses or to their lives after graduation. But the research on this topic could not … Continue reading Learning and Transfer, Part II…
Learning and Transfer, Part One
This blog entry is the first of several postings on learning and transfer offered in connection with a TMAC workshop open to all faculty, “The Problem of Transfer, or What Students Misplace Along the Way.” (Friday, March 8, noon – 2 p.m.; rsvp to teaching.matters@camden.rutgers.edu) Here, I hope to jump-start this conversation about experiences with and responses … Continue reading Learning and Transfer, Part One…
TMAC Open House — “A Slice of Advice”
Come celebrate the ‘grand opening’ of the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center (TMAC) with a slice of your favorite New York-style pizza and an opportunity to share your best teaching advice informally with colleagues–a variation on a penny for your thoughts. Meet TMAC director Bill FitzGerald and assistant Kathleen Lafferty as well as your colleagues … Continue reading TMAC Open House — “A Slice of Advice”…
Welcome to TMAC!
Welcome to the online home for the Teaching Matters and Assessment Center! TMAC’s mission is to support Arts and Sciences faculty and departments in sustaining a culture of teaching excellence through best practices in pedagogy and assessment. Through workshops, colloquia and consultations with faculty and departments, the Center seeks to foster success in traditional and online … Continue reading Welcome to TMAC!…