by Steven Volk | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured Article, Uncategorized
Laurie Hovell McMillin, Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, Director of the Writing Program, Oberlin College Contact at: Laurie.McMillin@oberlin.edu (Editor’s Note: This article was first prepared for use by the faculty and staff at Oberlin in March 2019 and...
by Steven Volk | Mar 31, 2019 | Article of the Week
Amity Reading, Department of English, DePauw University As an assistant professor nearing the end of my probationary period, I am intimately familiar with the pressures that attend the tenuring process. I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by the task of compiling a strong...
by Steven Volk | Mar 18, 2019 | Featured Article, Uncategorized
Patrik Hultberg, Coordinator of Educational Effectiveness, Professor of Economics, Kalamazoo College Contact at: Patrik.Hultberg@kzoo.edu [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Kalamazoo’s “Teaching Commons” on Sept. 26, 2016. It has been slightly updated for...
by Steven Volk | Mar 17, 2019 | Article of the Week, Conversations
Jan Tobochnik, Dow Distinguished Professor in the Natural Sciences Department of Physics, Kalamazoo College In a typical flipped classroom students are expected to watch lectures online and then class time is spent in active learning. The Physics Department at...
by Steven Volk | Mar 16, 2019 | Article of the Week, Try This!
Thomas Ludwig, Psychology Department, Hope College (ludwig@hope.edu) [April 3, 2017] What Is Constructivism? Constructivism is an approach to teaching and learning that emphasizes the active role of the student, claiming that students learn by constructing internal...
