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What is growth mindset? - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. What is growth mindset? Last year I had the opportunity to listen to a keynote speech from the famous Stanford University psychologist, Carol Dweck. The question is, then, what are the implications of Dr. Dweck’s research for teaching? I could talk about how we can help students believe in themselves and change their mindset from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset, but instead I would like to offer ...
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Ten Tips for Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. Ten Tips for Writing Effective Multiple Choice Questions. By Casey Meehan, Teaching and Learning Coordinator. What is the common “go-to” assessment strategy in each course that you teach? C Multiple-choice type questions. D Project that addresses a community need. In multiple choice lingo, the question prompt is called the “stem,” and the answers are called the “alternatives....Use these 11 tips t...
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3 Questions That Indicate Teaching Effectiveness - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. 3 Questions That Indicate Teaching Effectiveness. By Casey Meehan, Teaching and Learning Coordinator. In a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on limits of free-speech and obscenity, Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote that while he could not define pornography, I know it when I see it. We likely find Justice Stewart’s response apropos to the question What does effective teaching look like? Students who...
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Emily Eichman, Author at Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. Just What is Backward Design? By Emily Eichman, Instructional Designer Imagine you just won a *surprise* vacation. Congratulations! The vacation is 7 days, 7 nights airfare, housing, and meals all paid. Which of your favorite activities will you do on your vacation? January 3, 2017. January 3, 2017. Career Fairs Students Gain Soft Skills When They Work a Career Fair Properly. What is growth mindset?
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January 2017 - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. By Oscar Uribe Program Design Coordinator Change is the end result of all true learning. -Leo Buscaglia Change is never easy, even for the most adventurous person. No matter if you seek out change or not, change is going to. January 31, 2017. January 31, 2017. Career Fairs Students Gain Soft Skills When They Work a Career Fair Properly. January 19, 2017. January 20, 2017. Just What is Backward Design?
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December 2016 - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. Reflecting On Your Teaching. By Oscar Uribe Program Design Coordinator As we near the end of a term, everyone is ready for their classes to finish and for the break to begin. Instructors are tired and ready for a vacation. Many are looking forward. December 19, 2016. December 19, 2016. What is growth mindset? December 7, 2016. December 19, 2016. Just What is Backward Design? What is growth mindset?
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Reflecting On Your Teaching - Let's Talk Teaching
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Let's Talk Teaching. Teaching news, suggestions, and techniques for faculty at Western Technical College. Reflecting On Your Teaching. As we near the end of a term, everyone is ready for their classes to finish and for the break to begin. Instructors are tired and ready for a vacation. Many are looking forward to possibly teaching a different course, new groups of students or maybe just being in a different classroom when classes resume. Creating Significant Learning Experiences. Instructors do not have ...