It's Not About Hard or Easy Courses | Faculty Focus - 0 views
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Improving your instruction makes it easier for students to learn
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what’s making the course hard
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students may be finding the course hard because the instruction isn’t very good—not well organized, unclear explanations, content seemingly irrelevant, and poorly constructed test questions
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students may find the course challenging because the content isn’t easy and the instructor has high standards.
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ineffective instruction makes the students work harder,
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support courses with rigor and standards
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If students are convinced there’s no way they’re going to succeed in a course, the bulk of them stop trying, and that certainly effects what they learn in the course
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What students need are
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course experiences that result in lots of learning—where they master the material, further develop the sophisticated learning skills necessary for lifelong learning, and where the encounter leaves them breathless to learn more