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Fine tuning think-pair-share

Think-pair-share is one of my favorite active learning activities. It is easy, quick and can give you a good idea of what your students are thinking. As an instructor, you …

Research on Active Learning at Duke

Our paper is out!  “Cooperative learning in organic chemistry increases student assessment of learning gains in key transferable skills” by Dorian A. Canelas, Jennifer L. Hill and Andrea Novicki (me!) …

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Apply to the CIT Course Design Institute

Are you preparing to teach a class you have never taught before or redesigning a course and want to be sure your course plan promotes significant, long-term learning? Would you …

Course Design Institute

Dates: May 20 – 22, 2019 The application period for this program has now closed. Are you preparing to teach a class you have never taught before and want to …

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Ideas for Great Group Work

Many students, particularly if they are new to college, don’t like group assignments and projects. They might say they “work better by themselves” and be wary of irresponsible members of …