Volume XLI, No. 21 | June 6, 2019 It’s All in the Interpretation: The Role of Linguistic Influence in the Classroom Introduction Years ago, I worked for a well-known entertainment corporation in business operations. It was a positive experience, and I often find myself reflecting on what made it so positive. Over [...]
Volume XLI, No. 19 | May 23, 2019 What Do I Expect From You? What Do You Expect From Me? What Do We Expect From Each Other?: Involving Students in Expectation Setting The Importance of Setting Expectations Any good relationship requires that all parties involved have clear explanations and understandings of what [...]
Volume XLI, No. 3 | January 31, 2019 Daily Attendance Quizzes I am a punctual person. The joke in my family is that I was born eight days late and have never been late since then. A few years ago, I was going crazy when almost half of my students were showing [...]
Volume XLI, No. 2 | January 24, 2019 Can Science Survive Without the Humanities? A Forgotten Creative Reciprocity! The Academy of Arts and Sciences made the following statement in the Executive Summary of their 2013 The Heart of the Matter report: “Scientific advances have been critical to the extraordinary achievements of the [...]
Volume XLI, No. 1 | January 17, 2019 Time to Reflect: Common Teaching Challenges and Solutions Because we are in the middle of the current academic year and on the precipice of the Spring 2019 semester, now is a perfect time to reflect on best teaching practices related to classroom management. Although [...]