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A little change can go a long way in helping students succeed

An interview with Eric Mazur

An article on efforts by Chinese high school and universities to incorporate the liberal arts into education, in an effort to "foster more nimble and adaptable" thinking and learning beyond rote education and success at test-taking.

Great article by Jerry Nelms on plagiarism as educational opportunity.

Be open to cultural differences of students who were not educated in the US.

A story about the Board of Regents' plan to reduce government involvement in Ohio's public universities appeared in InsideHigherEd today.

Professor Hacker article in the Chronicle. Ways to help make the grading process clearer to students so as to avoid having them appeal their grades to higher authorities.

There's big talk these days about "big data" in education-looking for patterns of behavior as students click through online classrooms and using the insights to improve instruction. One start-up company that manages online discussion forums for thousands of courses recently performed its first major analysis of behavioral trends among students, and found what its leaders say amounts to advice for instructors.

That is not the question. Teachers should focus on finding the best way to teach a particular skill, rather than dismissing or embracing one method outright.

Stories of innovative teaching. One of the ten profiled, John Boyer, is also discussed in the book "Cheating Lessons" by James Lang, for how his assessment methods minimize cheating.

September 26, 2012 Students Think They Can Multitask. Here's Proof They Can't. By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog. With easy access to all sorts of technology, students multitask. So, do lots of us for that matter. But students are way too convinced that multitasking is a great way to work.

Seat time vs think time?