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The Pros and Cons of Ceding Control

Something’s to be said for students seeing a professor step out from behind the lectern and face uncertainty with a sense of calmness and confidence, writes Mike Land.

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Overcoming the Digital Divide With No Digital

Carrie Rogers-Whitehead shares the challenges faculty members can encounter teaching classes in prisons that have few, if any, basic technological tools.

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Helping Neurodiverse Students Learn Through New Classroom Design

Michael Tyre offers some insights into how architects and administrators can work together to create better learning environments for everyone.

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Against Argument

By focusing on it, students may better understand different perspectives on an issue, Scott Parker writes, but will they also lose sight of their own?

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Minding the Perception Gap in College Math Classrooms and Beyond

Math educator Sheila Tabanli offers three instructional strategies that instructors teaching the “most hated subject” can integrate into courses to create a community of learners focused on compassion and connection.

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Increasing Student Motivation Through Assignment Choice

Offering options helps make them more affirming and meaningful, which ultimately increases student learning, writes Christine Harrington.

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The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI

Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.

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Teaching English in a Chinese Way

Many academics criticize traditional lectures as being too passive and old-fashioned, but they actually help enhance pedagogical diversity, writes Xinqiang Li.