Backward Course Design: Putting Student Learning First
When designing or redesigning a course, it is tempting to start with the question: “What content do I need to cover?” But what if we flipped the process? What if we started with the...
Category: Quick Teaching Tips
Bringing Closure to the Semester
The end of the semester is marked by institutional rituals that include final instructional days, final projects, and final exams. It’s easy to get caught up in the stress of covering content, grading student...
Cultural Patterns of Cognition and Learning
In a recent episode of the Deep Culture Podcast, the hosts explored the question of how culture affects the way people think, specifically cultural patterns of cognition. The basic premise is that culture is...
Quick Teaching Tips: Helping Students Develop Intuition
Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University and author of Uncommon Sense: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn, offers insights into how the brain’s procedural learning system helps students develop intuition,...