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Past articles by Beckie:
Teaching: When Students Help Set Course Policies
A professor considers co-designing the rules for attendance, participation, and late work. → Read More
Teaching: Flexibility, Disengagement, and Other Top Topics of 2022
We look back on the themes that resonated most with readers this year. → Read More
Teaching: How Instructors Are Rethinking Late Work
Pandemic teaching pushed many professors to be more flexible about deadlines. Our colleague reports on how that’s shaking out now. → Read More
Teaching: Flipping a Class Helps — but Not for the Reason You’d Think
A new meta-analysis complicates the picture on flipping the classroom and proposes an alternative approach. → Read More
Teaching: Do Your Students Know What Office Hours Are For?
A new paper reveals differences between how professors and students regard this common form of support. → Read More
What Does It Mean When Students Can’t Pass Your Course?
The case of an NYU organic-chemistry professor centers on one of teaching’s thorny questions. → Read More
Teaching: Advice From Students Who’ve Taken Your Course Before
As her class began a group project, a professor turned to former students for support. → Read More
Teaching: What Students Learn About Diversity From Discussing Rice
A professor explains why she sets the stage for her political-science courses by asking students how their family or culture prepares the staple. → Read More
The Question of ‘Cold Calling’
Here’s why the jury is still out. → Read More
Teaching: Your Teaching Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect
The authors of “The New College Classroom,” which came out this week, talk through their approach to “teaching fails.” → Read More
Teaching: Help Your Students Move Beyond Passive Listening
Classrooms aren’t always designed for moving around. Here are some ideas for making it happen anyhow. → Read More
Teaching: ‘What Teaching Looks Like’
The authors of a book based on 15 years of documentary photography invite us to reflect in a new way on what happens in the classroom. → Read More
Teaching: One Way to Kick Off Your First Class
A professor shares a fun way to make a first impression on students. → Read More
Can a Teaching Track Improve Undergraduate Education?
Only if it’s built to empower instructors. → Read More
Teaching: Worried About Cutting Content? This Study Suggests It’s OK.
Some professors hesitate to try active learning because they won’t be able to include as much material. New research findings might put them at ease. → Read More
Teaching: One Great Tip for First-Time Teachers
A professor turns to Twitter to crowdource advice for new instructors. → Read More
‘It’s Not About the Evidence Anymore’
Scott Freeman’s research shows that teaching with active-learning techniques works in STEM courses. So why is lecturing still the dominant model? → Read More
Teaching: This Work Is Both a Tightrope Act and a Calling
Our colleague Emma Pettit shares insights from her new report on how colleges can help their faculties flourish. → Read More
Professors Are Being Asked to Accommodate Students. That’s Not the Same Ask for Everyone.
The request puts faculty members with lower status at bigger risk. → Read More
Teaching: Student Success Requires Faculty Well-Being
An expert on burnout in the higher-ed work force reflects on what instructors are experiencing. → Read More