Course Preparation

James Lang’s “How to Teach a Good First Day of Class” offers a useful way to approach planning your first day of class. Lang argues that the first class meeting can be quite significant with the opportunity to offer students an exciting preview of the intellectual exploration ahead. [Students’] early, thin-slice judgments are powerful enough […]

High enrollment courses can feel overwhelming for both instructors and students alike. Faculty may feel limited in what types of assignments to assign to students before and after lecture periods to make sure students are arriving informed and ready to dive deeper into course topics—especially when considering how to grade and incentivize student work. Students […]