Media Summary: Professor John Durham Peters describes how working with semester rhythms and understanding the performative nature of a ... AmyRuth McGraw uses icebreakers to improve student learning and motivation. Ensemble-building exercises encourage a more ... Mark Andersland redesigned his large lecture engineering course to include active learning instruction with frequent formative ...

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Professor John Durham Peters describes how working with semester rhythms and understanding the performative nature of a ... AmyRuth McGraw uses icebreakers to improve student learning and motivation. Ensemble-building exercises encourage a more ... Mark Andersland redesigned his large lecture engineering course to include active learning instruction with frequent formative ... Associate Professor Rachel Williams and Visiting Professor Mark Isham describe how they ask students to cartoon as a means of ... Professor David Wilder explains how stories and models help students to more fully explore a discipline even though they are ... Alison Bianchi, an expert in structural social psychology and Director of the UI Center for the Study of Group Processes, explains ...

The human voice not only transmits meaning but also sets a tone. Wanda Raiford, JD, PhD describes how she reads aloud to her ... Associate Professor Cornelia Lang and Associate Professor Meena Khandelwal describe how they each spearheaded a ... Tania Leal, PhD describes how she uses cooperative quizzes (also called group quizzes, collaborative quizzes, pyramid exams, ... Senior Lecturer David McGraw explains how instructors can move across the classroom to enliven a lecture or discussion, ... Assistant Professor Sarah Vigmostad describes how she fosters authentic learning and encourages collaborative learning across ... Andrew Forbes, Assistant Professor of Biology, uses a private class blog to help his students extend academic conversations ...

Denise Szecsei describes how she uses interdisciplinary, inquiry-guided learning to promote authentic learning. By allowing her ... Hazel Hilton Seaba, Chris Catney, and Jim Peterson describe how a long-running, international service-learning course helps ... Wanda Raiford, JD, PhD explains how she easily provides a sense of individual coaching for every person in her class by grading ... New research reveals that when science, reading, and math come together in rigorous hands-on

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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Big Ideas, Authentic Learning
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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: On Breathing Life into Big Lectures.

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: On Breathing Life into Big Lectures.

Professor John Durham Peters describes how working with semester rhythms and understanding the performative nature of a ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Motivating Students with Ensemble Building

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Motivating Students with Ensemble Building

AmyRuth McGraw uses icebreakers to improve student learning and motivation. Ensemble-building exercises encourage a more ...

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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Individualized Learning in a Large Class

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Individualized Learning in a Large Class

Mark Andersland redesigned his large lecture engineering course to include active learning instruction with frequent formative ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Teaching with Cartoons.

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Teaching with Cartoons.

Associate Professor Rachel Williams and Visiting Professor Mark Isham describe how they ask students to cartoon as a means of ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Tapping the Potential of Stories and Models.

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Tapping the Potential of Stories and Models.

Professor David Wilder explains how stories and models help students to more fully explore a discipline even though they are ...

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The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Group Work Strategies from a Group Processes Expert

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Group Work Strategies from a Group Processes Expert

Alison Bianchi, an expert in structural social psychology and Director of the UI Center for the Study of Group Processes, explains ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Reading Aloud in the Classroom

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Reading Aloud in the Classroom

The human voice not only transmits meaning but also sets a tone. Wanda Raiford, JD, PhD describes how she reads aloud to her ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Big Ideas, Authentic Learning

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Big Ideas, Authentic Learning

Associate Professor Cornelia Lang and Associate Professor Meena Khandelwal describe how they each spearheaded a ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Using Collaborative Quizzes

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Using Collaborative Quizzes

Tania Leal, PhD describes how she uses cooperative quizzes (also called group quizzes, collaborative quizzes, pyramid exams, ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Ensemble-Building Games:  “I am, I Like, I Do”

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Ensemble-Building Games: “I am, I Like, I Do”

AmyRuth McGraw uses icebreakers to improve student learning and motivation. Ensemble-building exercises encourage a more ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Stage Blocking - Movement in the Classroom

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Stage Blocking - Movement in the Classroom

Senior Lecturer David McGraw explains how instructors can move across the classroom to enliven a lecture or discussion, ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Engaging Students Online

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Engaging Students Online

Assistant Professor Sarah Vigmostad describes how she fosters authentic learning and encourages collaborative learning across ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Blogging Science in the University Classroom

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Blogging Science in the University Classroom

Andrew Forbes, Assistant Professor of Biology, uses a private class blog to help his students extend academic conversations ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Inspiring Students with Inquiry-Guided Learning

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Inspiring Students with Inquiry-Guided Learning

Denise Szecsei describes how she uses interdisciplinary, inquiry-guided learning to promote authentic learning. By allowing her ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Service Learning: Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Service Learning: Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences

Hazel Hilton Seaba, Chris Catney, and Jim Peterson describe how a long-running, international service-learning course helps ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Grading With Recorded Clips.

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Grading With Recorded Clips.

Wanda Raiford, JD, PhD explains how she easily provides a sense of individual coaching for every person in her class by grading ...

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Ensemble-Building Games: The “Yes” Game

The Extraordinary Teaching Project: Ensemble-Building Games: The “Yes” Game

AmyRuth McGraw uses icebreakers to improve student learning and motivation. Ensemble-building exercises encourage a more ...

Project Learning: Teachers Discuss the Daily Challenges

Project Learning: Teachers Discuss the Daily Challenges

A team of eighth-grade

A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Elementary Science

A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Elementary Science

New research reveals that when science, reading, and math come together in rigorous hands-on

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