July, 2010
Sixteen Suggestions for Teaching with Clickers
Jul. 23, 2010—An excerpt from CFT assistant director Derek Bruff’s book, Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments, was published on the Tomorrow’s Professor listserv this week. In the excerpt, Derek shares sixteen tips for teaching with clickers, including this one: “7. Have students respond to clicker questions several time throughout a class session. Although...
The Ethics of Personalized Medicine as a First-Year Common Experience
Jul. 23, 2010—Recently, the University of California at Berkeley announced a change to their usual practice of having incoming first-year undergraduates read a common book. This fall, they were asking new students “to return a cotton swab covered in cells collected from their inner cheeks in an effort to introduce them to the emerging field of personalized...
Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions
Jul. 23, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff has another guest post on ProfHacker today: “Motivating Students with Application Projects and Poster Sessions.” In the post, Derek describes an assignment he typically gives in his more “applied” math courses, an application project that gives students a chance to apply the math they have learned in the course to...
CFT Staff Can Help You Review and Recreate Over the Summer
Jul. 23, 2010—Summer time is here, and many faculty members have a break from their usual schedules, a chance to slow down a bit and recreate. If you’ve got a breather, you may find this an opportune time to review and refresh your teaching plans and practices. The Center for Teaching is open all summer, with consultants...
Reflecting On and Documenting Your Teaching Effectiveness
Jul. 23, 2010—With the academic year drawn to a close, now is a good time to reflect on teaching experiences while they’re still fresh. At a recent CFT workshop, 23 faculty gathered to do just that, exploring how to write about teaching, why it’s important to do so, audiences and purposes for such reflections, and concrete strategies...