Efficient, Effective Teaching Students learn best when they actively participate in the learning process, when they are engaged and motivated to learn, and when they can build on their existing knowledge and understanding (NRC, 2000). New faculty members are most successful when they work moderately, even on their teaching (Boice, 2000 ). The pages and resources below will help you to become an effective teacher, efficiently. Jump down to Effective Course Design * Teaching Efficiently * Building Your Teaching Case for Tenure * Learning Styles * Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit * Teaching Large Classes * Keeping Research Seminars Lively and Engaging * Assessing What Your Students Are Learning Students in Carol Ormand's Structural Geology course measure folds in the southern Appalachians.
6 Scaffolding Strategies to Use With Your Students What’s the opposite of scaffolding a lesson? Saying to students, “Read this nine-page science article, write a detailed essay on the topic it explores, and turn it in by Wednesday.” Yikes! NOVA Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Residents living in the shadows of wind turbines say the sound is making them sick. But so far the science isn't there. Bytesize Science Welcome to Bytesize Science, an educational, entertaining podcast for young listeners from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. Posted every Monday, it translates scientific discoveries from ACS' 36 scientific journals into intriguing stories for kids of all ages about science, medicine, energy, food, and much more. Claim this podcast Remove this podcast
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Common Misunderstandings of Evolution: Part 1 While an open and honest debate is always a good thing, most of the time, when people are pointing out “problems” in evolution, their qualms arise from a misunderstanding of what evolution actually is and how the mechanisms of evolution actually function. Below are some of the most common misconceptions (or questions) in evolution and how science answers these concerns. Q1.) How does evolution explain the origins of life? A.) This question, and variations of it, is one of the most common things that people turn to when trying to refute evolution—It can’t reliably predict how life first originated.
Education Week By Peter Greene June 10, 2015 at 8:41 AM Balancing the Equation: Supply and Demand in Tomorrow's School Choice Marketplaces offers a more nuanced view of a charter-choice landscape than the freemarket acolytes at AEI have presented in the past, but it still reads like an exercise in unicorn farming. By Peter Greene June 3, 2015 at 11:49 AM It's time for the beginning of summer break. That means a time of opportunity for teachers, ranging from the personal to the professional. But the greater availability of teachers also means that summer is a time of opportunity for policy makers and education deep thinkers.