With strategies such as scaffolding assignments, integrating technology, and utilizing library resources, you can help students approach research with confidence and produce higher-quality work.
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Instructional Strategies, Instructional Technologies
Scaffolding in course design with assignments is important to help students pace their work when a project has multiple steps.
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Course Design, Instructional Strategies
Controlling what you CAN control will help prepare you for whatever challenges the semester brings and also prepares students by communicating what is expected of them.
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Course Design, Instructional Strategies
By designing courses and assignments with CLT in mind, you can better support students, especially those new to a subject, through strategies like scaffolding, guided practice, and useful feedback.
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Course Design, Instructional Strategies
Making these five small changes to your assignments can lead to better student artifacts and more sustained student learning and satisfaction.
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Course Design, Instructional Strategies
With the right training, GSIs can learn to explain concepts clearly, engage students with active learning strategies, and foster an overall positive classroom atmosphere.
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Active Learning, Instructional Strategies
Scaffolding is an instructional strategy that breaks down a writing task into manageable steps, and these steps align with the steps of the writing process: prewriting, planning/outlining, drafting, revising, and editing.
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Discussions, Instructional Strategies
“We need to give students a varied experience. It’s really important to think about not just what you’re teaching–the content of the material and what you’re doing–but what is it like to be in the seat in that room?” (Young, 2023).
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Instructional Strategies, Student Engagement
Relationship development is vital to building that sense of community in the classroom which helps students feel secure and supported.
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Classroom Community, Instructional Strategies
In order to encourage and increase participation in your class, you should provide opportunities for your students to collaborate, share, and learn outside of your class.
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Classroom Community, Instructional Strategies
