Author: Kathryn Byrnes
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CBB (Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin) Exchange at Bowdoin on Feedback and Time-Saving Tips on Friday, February 27
Learn from colleagues at Bates and Colby. Participants can attend one or both workshops and everyone is invited to lunch. 10:30-11:30 am High Impact Feedback In Less Time (or Feedback Reimagined: Quality Over Quantity) With Lindsey Hamilton and Wells Castonguay, Bates College Learn how to make your feedback more impactful, efficient, and motivating for students,…
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Mid-Semester Student Feedback Questionnaire Ideas (Bowdoin instructors and others)
October and our upcoming fall break offer an opportunity to pause and think about what is working in our classes, and what small adjustments might support student learning for the months ahead. Seeking feedback from students, LAs, colleagues, and the BCLT can provide multiple sources of information to inspire our teaching practices between now and…
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Interested in a Spring Teaching Triangle?
Register for a Spring Teaching TriangleThe Teaching Triangles program provides faculty with an opportunity to gain new insight into their teaching and students’ learning through a non-evaluative, formative process of reciprocal class visits and reflection. The three people in a triangle agree to visit one class session for each participant over the course of a semester and…
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Lesson Planning Strategies to Deepen Learning
Lesson Planning Strategies Article. Excerpts below. If we want students to move beyond simply showing up and memorizing course content to deeply understanding and confidently applying it, we need to apply essential principles for absorbing, retaining, and using new information. Drawing from learning science models and my own teaching experience, this advice can elevate your…
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Podcast- OVERCOMING THE CURSE OF EXPERTISE AND OTHER WAYS TO BE INCLUSIVE IN OUR TEACHING WITH SHEILA TABANLI
Teaching in Higher Education Podcast On Episode 608 of Teaching in Higher Ed, I welcome Sheila Tabanli, faculty member at Rutgers University and creator of a course on effective study strategies for mathematics, to the show. Together, Sheila helps us explore how to overcome the “curse of expertise” and how to foster more inclusive and compassionate teaching…