Life Of E's

Why in the world would you have ‘class sets’ of dictionaries?  Because that’s what everyone else does?  You are  smarter than that, right? To explore that further, please answer the following questions: Do all of the students in your class read at exactly the same level?  Does any dictionary have ALL the features, words, tools, and [...]

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One of my “colleagues” got very angry with me one day (we taught courses that tended to share the same students). He said, “Students don’t put out much effort in my class to get their assignments done because they say they have so much work to do for your class. You convince them that what [...]

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Over the years, I got smarter about keeping up with my students and their assignments. Once I figured out that numbers were easier – and faster – for recording grades and returning student work, I refined my system. Here are ten tips to help you if you are ready to do the same.     [...]

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Student evaluations are a part of every faculty member’s life. Some consider them to be a positive part of the academic life and others dismiss them as a meaningless exercise (or even worse, as a detriment to good teaching). You might as well know that I come down on the side of student evaluations being [...]

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I have often thought of how nice it would be if some of the people I admire had been able to take a computer chip out of their brain (and/or heart) and implant it in mine – thus saving me some of the trouble of learning about life the hard way. Alas, apparently, ’twas not [...]

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