Teaching – 10 ways to prevent cheating

As Process Advisor for Academic Integrity, I often see the aftermath of an integrity violation. But what if we, as faculty members, could craft our courses and assignments to reduce students’ temptation to cheat? In his short article “10 Ways to Prevent Cheating: Ten simple strategies to reduce academic dishonesty that don’t rely on students’ ethics,” Steven Mintz argues, “In the end, cheating is as much an engineering problem as a moral problem.

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Teaching – So over COVID

In her piece, So Over COVID!, Prof. Lisa Lawmaster Hess shares her frustration with student attendance and participation. But she explains how an in-clas discussion with her first-year students revealed much she hadn’t consider. She writes, “During their sophomore year (of high school), everything had shut down. During their junior year, classes were hybrid. And senior year?

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Teaching I – Take think-pair-share to the next level

Many of us use the active classroom technique of think-pair-share in our classes. This is a core part of my classes. Not familiar with the practice?

  1. You can start with this infographic to learn the basics.
  2. Are you already using think-pair-share? Take it to the next level with this infographic.
  3. Are you a think-pair-share pro? Power up with this infographic that takes think-pair-share beyond the classroom.

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Teaching- wrapping up this semester, looking to the next

Teaching – wrapping up this semester, looking to the next

As we wrap up this semester, please take a minute to reflect. Did classes go the way I planned? Are there things I would tweak for next semester? With all the projects, papers, and final exams, it may be time to reconsider late work policies. The Chronicle article, How Instructors Are Rethinking Late Workmay give you some ideas to make next semester’s classes go more smoothly.

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