Revamp Your Syllabus: A Mini-Case Study

Looking to upgrade your course syllabus this term? Maybe Professor Pam Mork’s example can help. She teaches General Chemistry at Concordia College in Minnesota. While some students love chemistry,

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Students: Professors, I just wish you would…

  What ONE THING do college students wish professors would just understand? I ask students this question the first day. Want to know their psychology? What they REALLY

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What do you do when your student plagiarizes a minor assignment?

My heart skipped a beat. Could it be? The paper sounded …familiar. Just like the words a former student wrote. I remember, because they were so eloquently written, so

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“Why Aren’t My Students Reading?”

I don’t know any professor who hasn’t complained about students not reading. Intrigued, I started to go through my syllabus readings for my child development course. Here’s what

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Want Students to Care? Then Sell Yourself

Sorry, but college students couldn’t care less about your course. It’s just one of many hoops they jump through to graduate and get a good job. While they

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The #1 Reason Your Students Don’t Participate

You know that feeling when someone embarrasses you? Or when you get shut down? Student do. They know when professors respond sarcastically. Or trivialize their responses. It makes

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