Nien-Ken Alec Lu for The Chronicle
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How Collaborative Grading Is Designed to Motivate Students
One instructor found a different approach that puts the emphasis on setting goals students want to achieve.
Is It Time to Change How You Grade?
Points-based systems are the coin of the realm, but other approaches are drawing interest.
More Ideas on How to Build Critical Reading Skills
Professors are experimenting with ways to get students to become active readers.
Teaching Gen Z
They face a scary future. They tend to be risk averse, and distrustful of administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help these students feel connected — with professors, peers, and a sense of meaning — will flourish, and contribute to a thriving society.
Codes of Conduct
Cheating Has Become Normal
Faculty members are overwhelmed, and the solutions aren’t clear.
Supportive Strategies
Why Students Can’t Work on Their Own
Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?
Kids These Days
How Changes in K-12 Schooling Hampered the Preparation of College Students
Accountability and test-based reforms, pandemic-era disruptions, and larger social and economic pressures have fostered ineffective habits.
