It is good teaching practice to be clear and transparent about the purpose, task, and criteria for assignments and learning activities. This includes communicating with students about what is and is ...

Data suggests that the incidence of dishonesty is minimized by having the first question on exams be a verification that the student will complete the remainder of the test without unauthorized ...

Writing is a valuable educational tool for learning. In the classroom, writing can help students grapple with and understand content more deeply and help students learn disciplinary ways of knowing ...

Experts tend to complete writing tasks more quickly than novices by combining or skipping steps due to years of practice and mastery. Our students often come to us as novices who are still learning ...

Effective course design begins with understanding the process of thinking and learning. These processes are commonly termed "metacognition." Metacognition includes a critical awareness of one’s ...

We offer these examples so that anyone proposing a PIC can examine the syllabi (as well as Assignment examples), critique and engage with them and analyze how they are targeting the PIC outcomes. They ...

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