What would happen if you stopped giving participation grades?
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you stopped giving students participation grades? Professor Berkeley Kaite did and decided toContinue Reading
Tag: student engagement
The ins and outs of Polling @ McGill
Formerly called “clickers”, Polling @ McGill is a technology platform McGill instructors use to ask students questions in class. On February 15, 2019, the Office of Science Education and Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) invited twenty instructors to meet to discuss strategies for using this technology, which may be particularly helpful in large classes.
Moving Classroom Participation Beyond “Please Raise Your Hand”
We remember 10% of what we read, 30% of what we see, and 90% of what we do. This suggestsContinue Reading
Strategy Bites: Brainstorming
At Teaching and Learning Services, we regularly receive questions from instructors asking for ideas to enhance their teaching and improve students’Continue Reading
Strategy Bites: 4 corners
At Teaching and Learning Services, we regularly receive questions from instructors asking for ideas to enhance their teaching and improve students’Continue Reading
Strategy Bites: Think-pair-share
At Teaching and Learning Services, we regularly receive questions from instructors asking for ideas to enhance their teaching and improveContinue Reading
Strategy Bites: Jigsaw
At Teaching and Learning Services, we regularly receive questions from instructors asking for ideas to enhance their teaching and improveContinue Reading
Students are strategic (Part 3/3): A prof reconsiders course assignments
Have you ever wondered what students look for when they read a course outline? What do they think about theContinue Reading
Beyond grading: Ever heard of “assessment for learning”? Let me explain …
What words or images come to mind when you hear the word “assessment”? As a teacher? As a student? TwiceContinue Reading
Student emails: a creative video guide to email etiquette MAINTENANT EN FRANÇAIS!
McGill University’s Teaching and Learning Services strives to be responsive. So, when we received requests to translate our popular instructionalContinue Reading