Understanding the Antecedents, Realities, and Consequences of Absenteeis
The notion of class attendance has largely been ignored, where students, faculty, and administrators substitute assumptions for empirical evidence. The data is clear: attendance matters, more so than any other known contributor to student success. Yet, policies and practices often overlook these data. Attending Student Success is a ......
Kids grow up today in a media-saturated environment. Even as they are first discovering who they are and learning about the greater world, they are nudged and swayed by messaging like young trees blown by invisible winds. To help empower children to be resilient and have more self-guidance in their own development, we have written a two-book ......
Kids grow up today in a media-saturated environment. Even as they are first discovering who they are and learning about the greater world, they are nudged and swayed by messaging like young trees blown by invisible winds. To help empower children to be resilient and have more self-guidance in their own development, we have written a two-book ......
Interacting with Students and Shaping the Classroom Dynamic
This book is essential reading for novice instructors, for those wishing to shift from lecturing to active learning, and for experienced educators wishing to examine their teaching practice.
Interacting with Students and Shaping the Classroom Dynamic
This book is essential reading for novice instructors, for those wishing to shift from lecturing to active learning, and for experienced educators wishing to examine their teaching practice.
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enha
Research shows that a highly stressed brain does not absorb or remember information, causing learning to essentially shut down. Today's students are more stressed and anxious than ever and classrooms have become tense places. Educators require knowledge and skills to facilitate and teach students stress-management techniques and find creative ways ......
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Other Strategies to Reduce Anxiety and Enha
Research shows that a highly stressed brain does not absorb or remember information, causing learning to essentially shut down. Today's students are more stressed and anxious than ever and classrooms have become tense places. Educators require knowledge and skills to facilitate and teach students stress-management techniques and find creative ways ......
The eight essays in Campus Conversations provide some of the best scholarly work emerging from individual faculty learning communities in a statewide program called the Chancellor's Learning Scholar (CLS) program.