Strategies to Support Student Mental Health in the Classroom

by Steven Volk | Aug 22, 2024 | Featured Article

Resources from the August 14, 2024 workshop: Slides(PDF) and Recording  from the presentation A handout on Growth Mindset that was provided in the chat during the meeting. Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower by Therese Huston, a book that was...

“What Am I Doing? Is It Getting Me Anywhere?” Scaffolding Student Metacognition

by Steven Volk | Apr 20, 2019 | Article of the Week, Featured Article, Uncategorized

Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE) and Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College Contact at: svolk@oberlin.edu Hands up those of you who have had students come to your office hours anguishing over the poor grades they...

The Liberal Arts in Currents of Change: Report of a GLCA Consortial Colloquy

by Steven Volk | Mar 4, 2018 | Article of the Week, Featured Article

Greg Wegner, Director of Program Development, Great Lakes Colleges Association January 14, 2018 Introductory Note This essay derives from discussions involving faculty members and others from 13 independent liberal arts colleges who gathered for two days in February...

Help One, Help All: Universal Design for Learning

by Steven Volk | Sep 19, 2017 | Featured Article

Steve Volk, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence, Oberlin College (September 18, 2017). Contact:  svolk@oberlin.edu. The headline immediately caught my attention: “Atmospheric scientist at Illinois is on leave after refusing to provide lecture slides to...