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Mar 13, 2012

Your Responses - Motivating Students to Improve Study Habits

Last week’s Teaching Note described one way to motivate students to renew their efforts after a poor result on the first exam. I heard from many of you in response, and you described the strategies you use. Here are several more ideas, from your colleagues: One person teaches a course that includes four hourly exams plus a comprehensive final exam. Students can opt to have one of their four exam grades replaced by the score earned on the final exam – if their score on the final is higher than their score on all four hourly exams. (In other words, if a… More

Author: francine_glazer

Mar 13, 2012

Khan Academy - Learning for Free

This past weekend 60 Minutes aired a new way of learning in the classroom. This style of teaching consists of 10 minute videos that teach students concepts that are covered in your college classrooms. There are 3,000 videos that can help you in many of your classes such as MATH 101, MATH 141, MATH 170, FINC 101, BIOL 101, even Art History. These tutorials have been so impactful, Bill Gates along with 40 million Americans are using the videos to help them learn what they cannot learn in the classroom. We encourage you to check out the 60 Minutes… More

Author: anna_ye

Mar 07, 2012

Motivating Students to Improve Study Habits

I teach a 100-level course that many students do not look forward to taking. It is an introduction to both chemistry and physics and is a requirement for some non-science majors. Most of my students are freshmen or sophomores, many of whom are weak in science and math and therefore are anxious about this class. Compounding their weaknesses in math and science, some students do not have effective study habits, frequently do not do the homework and practice problems, and do not seek free tutoring assistance or extra help from me. As a result, a number of students do not… More

Author: francine_glazer

Feb 29, 2012

Which Tool? ... Blackboard? Google Apps? Something else?

Yesterday, the Center for Teaching and Learning hosted a workshop on digital tools that can be used to enhance learning. Four faculty members with expertise in Blackboard (Bb) and Google Apps shared some strategies they use to increase student engagement and learning and answered questions from the other participants about how to achieve certain pedagogical goals using these tools. Here, I share some of the ideas generated at the workshop. Thanks to Dan Quigley, College of Arts and Sciences, and to Kate O’Hara, Stan Silverman, and Mike Uttendorfer, all in the School of Education, for sharing their experiences. Our panelists… More

Author: francine_glazer

Feb 22, 2012

4-3-2-1 Plan

The Student Solutions Center is continuing the 4-3-2-1 Plan with all first year students. SSC Managers are meeting with students individually to assess the Fall semester both academically, financially and personally. If students have not done so already, be sure to contact your SSC Manager. We want to make sure you are succeeding in your classes and are on track to graduate in 4 years. If you do not know who your manager is, contact us at 516-686-7878 or email at askssc@nyit.edu. More

Author: anna_ye

Feb 22, 2012

Make Your PowerPoint Memorable With Images

Ever receive an email with one of those High Importance icons brightening your Inbox? The icon, being more visual than the printed word, indicates something powerful to the brain. Maybe that’s why those gold stars we all craved on our elementary school papers meant so much to us. Humans are visual learners. Most of us have learned to apply that principle to our PowerPoints (PPTs), but we’d like to suggest another addition to your PPTs that is sure to improve deep learning and student learning outcomes. In Learning to Think Things Through (2009), Gerald Nosich defines fundamental and powerful… More

Author: francine_glazer

Feb 15, 2012

Focused Listing

Have you ever wondered, at the end of a class session, if your students are leaving class with a real grasp of the day’s content? The Focused Listing activity from Classroom Assessment Techniques (2nd edition) can help with this dilemma. Preparation and follow-up for a Focused Listing activity is minimal, and the potential payoff is big: you quickly learn what the students recall from the class, and you have an opportunity to correct popular misconceptions and areas of confusion. First, run through the activity yourself: 1) Set a limit for the number of items to record (5-10) or the amount of time allotted (3-5… More

Author: francine_glazer

Feb 08, 2012

Don’t Take Your Water for Granted by Marty Magaan

This morning, as I woke up and began my usual routine, I paused for a second to break free from whatever thoughts my brain had been feeding into while on autopilot. I gazed contently at my bathroom sink as I felt its warm water running relentlessly over my hands. And then I did something that might have landed me in the loony bin had someone been there to witness it. I apologized to my bathroom sink. “But what would compel you to do such a thing?” one might inquire with a tone of ridicule and utter bewilderment. Well, I had… More

Author: amy_bravo

Feb 08, 2012

Grade Mechanics Quickly, While Helping Students Learn

When you give your students a writing assignment, tell them that you will be grading them on mechanics by choosing only one page (but you don't tell them which page) from the assignment to note their mechanical errors. On that page, you will be putting a check in the left (or right) margin in line for each error without identifying what the error is or correcting it. You set the standard in your rubric of how many errors on the page will affect the grade in what ways (e.g., 0-5 errors = 20 points gained for mechanics, 5-10errors = 15 pts.… More

Author: francine_glazer

Feb 07, 2012

How to search every library catalog in New York State at once

Scenario 1 I would like to know if any books have been written about a topic, or, say, by a specific person. More so, I am not interested in whether the NYIT Library owns a particular book, as I understand that I can either request it through interlibrary loan, or recommend that it be purchased and added to the collection. Scenario 2 I would like to locate a library in the city, state or country, that subscribes to a particular journal, or magazine, or that has a specific title in its holdings. I have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and/or… More

Author: sebastien_marion

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