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The Value of Pilot Studies
In 1940 John Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend, the biologist Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. In the process he managed to describe the chief reason why pilot studies are so valuable.
Full StoryMeeting New College Students Where They Are
The bottom line is that incoming college freshmen are underprepared, academically, and probably use social media in ways that are different from what you expect.
Full StorySeven Tips for Successful Team-based Learning
Holly Bender is a professor of Veterinary Pathology at Iowa State University (ISU). But don’t let the fact that Holly is a veterinarian lead you to believe she’s not a great teacher. Among the numerous modalities of teaching approaches she uses in her clinical pathology class, team-based learning is one of her favorites. She’s known at ISU for her team-based teaching techniques and recently shared her approaches at the 2009 University Teaching Seminar in Ames.
Full StoryA Seat for Students at the Reform Table
Sometimes you know it but you just don’t want to hear it. Especially when it comes right out of the kids’ mouths. Like this Iowa high school student who, earlier this month at the Iowa Convention Center, said to 600 teachers and administrators, “Some of the old teaching styles, they’re OK. They get the point [...]
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