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The following are links to some the most popular articles we have shared. They have been organized into the following categories:
Preparing a Course ~ Syllabus Design ~ Academic Integrity ~ Beginning the Semester ~ Office Hours ~ Classroom Communication ~ Interactive Classrooms ~ Classroom Management ~ Know Your Students ~ Assessment ~ Grading Strategies ~ Designing Grading Rubrics ~ Feedback on Your Teaching ~ Assessing Your Teaching ~ Ending the Semester ~ Time Management ~ Supporting Student Study Habits
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- Rowan Syllabi Policies - check for "must have" syllabus content
- DEI Syllabus Statements - recommend for inclusion
- Syllabus Check List - an extensive list of suggestions
- Suggestions for Preparing an Effective Syllabus
The classroom is the place to promote academic integrity and professors have an important responsibility. Learn what you need to know about violations and what to do if you suspect cheating. These teaching tools will help your students gain the skills they’ll need in school and in the workplace.
- Rowan Academic Integrity Policy
- Report a Suspected Violation
- International Center for Academic Integrity
- Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism: WPA Statement on Best Practices
- Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
- Academic Honesty Self-Test - to use this site with your students, we suggest having the students take a screen shot of their final score with the date & time in the screenshot to verify they completed the self-test.
- Tips for Preventing Academic Misconduct
- Academic Integrity Videos
- Plagiarize-Proof Your Writing Assignments
- Can I Use that Picture? The Terms, Laws, and Ethics for Using Copyrighted Images
- Teaching the First Day(s) - page of resources to give you ideas how to have a great start to the semester
- Learning Students' Names - 23 helpful methods
- First Day of Class Activity: The Interest Inventory
- Connecting With Your Class - 10 steps to start connecting with your classes on the first day
- First Day of Class
- Establishing Ground Rules
- Icebreakers
- Icebreakers That Rock
- Scavenger Hunts for Encouraging Students to Read and Process the Syllabus
- Checklist for Effective Lectures - - The checklist headings cover: 1) Be Prepared; 2) Keep Your Focus; 3) Engage Your Audience; and 4) Get Feedback
- Don’t Look at Me in That Tone of Voice – 7 Tips for Better Communication
- The 7 Rules Of Handling Difficult Students
- Five Reasons Getting Students to Talk is Worth the Effort
- Students Place a Premium on Faculty Who Show They Care
- Making Better PowerPoint Presentations
- Recognizing Microaggressions and the Messages They Send
- Pecha Kucha, an alternative format for presentations
- An Activity That Promotes Engagement with Required Readings, Even in Large Classes
- Increasing Student Participation - This article addresses the questions:
What conditions motivate students to engage in learning?
What is the course instructor's role in increasing student participation?
What can you do to increase student motivation to participate?
How can you increase student participation when classes are getting larger? - 50 Alternatives to Lecture
- Teaching With Your Mouth Shut
- What is Interactive Lecture?
- 280 Interactive Techniques - great pdf to save when you want something new
- Problem-Based Learning
- Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom
- When to Tell Your Rowan Students about Disability Resources - helpful infographic from Academic Success. Some students qualitfy for temporary accommodations.
- Three Statistics that Will Change the Way You Think about Generation Z
- 5 Things to Say to Students Suffering from Anxiety
- Research Highlights How Easily, Readily Students Fabricate Excuses
- How to Teach Gen Z Students
- The First Day Of A New Semester...as Told by an Extremely Anxious Student
- Three Top “F” Words Teens Use Today
- Three Trends on the Rise as Generation Z Grows Up
- The Beginning and End of Class
- The Five Minutes BEFORE Class Begins
- Small Changes in Teaching: The Minutes Before Class -
- Encouraging students to read before class...is it hopeless?
- Teaching a Diverse Student Body
- Diversity & Inclusive Teaching
- The 5 Second Solution for a Talkative Class
- Emergency Guide for Rowan Faculty and Staff: Helping Students in Difficulty - Counseling & Psychological Services (CPS) have developed this informational guide to assist faculty, staff, and the university community when dealing with troubled and/or troubling students.
- Emergency Preparedness Quick Reference Guide for Rowan Faculty & Staff (pdf)
- Creating a climate for learning: Five steps
- Small Changes in Teaching: Last 5 Minutes of Class
- Alternatives to Traditional Testing
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
- Examples of Classroom Assessment Techniques
- Methods for Assessing Group Work
- Practical Tips for Minimizing Cheating During Exams
- Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams
- How to Escape Grading Jail
- Grading Papers: How to Increase Your Efficiency
- Grading Dilemma: Should We Round Up?
- When Grading Less Is More
- 8 Tips to Make Grading More Efficient
- Grading Faster And Smarter
- Using Rubrics - This article covers: 1) Why use rubrics? 2) How can you develop a rubric? 3) How can you incorporate rubrics in a course? 4) Online Rubric Resources
- Rubric for Assessing Student Participation
- Grading Class Discussion
- QuickRubric - a tool to help create rubrics
- Rowan Mid Semester Focus - The MSF on teaching and learning is a mid-semester evaluation technique that provides instructors with rich and meaningful feedback from their students regarding the learning environment in a course. The process is entirely voluntary and data confidential. This process is conducted by members of the Faculty Center MSF team.
- Mid-Term Student Feedback
- How to Read a Student Evaluation
- Avoiding Bad Teaching Evaluations: Tricks of the Trade
- Student Evaluations of Teaching
- 5 Strategies to Manage the Hurt of Student Evaluations
- Assessing Your Teaching Effectiveness
- Six Things That Make College Teachers Successful
- Do You Suffer From the Curse of Knowledge?
- Parting Ways: Ending Your Course
- Last Day of Class
- Making You Next Semester Easier
- Fizzle or Finale: The Final Day of Class
- Footnote, Endnote, Thank-you Notes
Supporting Student Study Habits
- Online Discussion Tips for Students - This PDF provides really effective discussion strategies for students to improve online discussions.
- 9 Awesome Study Tips for College Students
- AcademicTips.org - resource for students filled with college study tips, tricks, skills and guides to help them manage their time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life.
