Before a stress inducing assignment, help students positively reframe their feelings of stress and shift from a “threat mindset” to an “opportunity mindset.”
Action: Ask students to make a list of all the ways an upcoming task could go well and how it might benefit them. Inform them that recent research suggests that […]
Look for common problems that arise in group work to determine which intervention is best.
Action: Common problems that arise in group work and relevant strategies: One person in the group suggests ideas for how to tackle a problem, but others keep ignoring that person’s […]
Ask student to create an annotated bibliography to help students identify and synthesize the relevant literature.
Action: Ask students to create an annotated bibliography of 5-8 articles on a particular topic in which Each annotation is no more than 100-250 words Explains the authors’ views Explains […]
Ask students to document their search process and sources to help students become familiar with databases, the importance of search terms, and how to properly format references.
Action: Pick a sufficiently narrow topic or term and ask students to: identify 3 articles that are likely to be relevant to that topic list which database(s) they used and […]
Assign a variety of speaking activities to increase student engagement.
Action: Assign students to lead class discussions to provide leadership opportunity for students and to more fully engage all students in the discussion. Ask students to share their plan for […]
Evaluate student presentations based upon attendee feedback to evaluate if attendees understood the presentation.
Action: Ask presentation attendees to summarize the key points of the presentation. Use this as feedback and/or evaluation of the presentation. Or have attendees fill out a rubric. You can […]