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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

A substantial part of understanding is the ability to connect new material with previous concepts and ideas. And so they make the effort to engage with the material for as long as it is significant—which is usually until the end of the course. What a waste! The reason for this is the strength of the emotions we felt at the time.

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How to Improve Teaching Quality and Effectiveness

Inside Higher Ed

Indeed, at the more selective, better resourced institutions, academic freedom and tenure also imply the right to teach whatever one wants, when one wants. Too many have no particular knowledge of or interest in the science of learning. Provides clear, accessible teaching materials to support student learning.