Close your eyes and imagine a place, on a planet far far away, where students relish doing challenging homework problems…on their own and smile while doing them; in fact, where they may even be inspired to do individual homework and have no compulsion to cheat. A cozy place where during most of a three hour lecture […]
Archives for September, 2012
I can’t get my students to do their readings before coming to class. No really, I can’t. Motivating students to do pre-class work is one of the most common barriers we face as educators, regardless of what we teach or where we teach it. And for those of us trying to flip our classrooms, motivating […]
It’s the Saturday before school starts for many of us. If you are anything like me, you have had the syllabus that’s going to transform your students’ lives complete for a full 2 months and are kicking back and relaxing on this fine holiday weekend. Fantasy over. Many people who are deciding to use flipped […]
Turn to Your Neighbor: The Official Peer Instruction Blog 