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Author: jmlittlejohn

  • Growth Mindset Discussion

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    Help raise students’ awareness of how they receive new ideas by incorporating the following discussion into an online/hybrid course or face-to-face class. Watch this five minute video on Fixed versus Growth Mindset: https://youtu.be/KUWn_TJTrnU   Think about the quote from Samuel Beckett in this video: “Ever tried, ever failed, no matter. Try again, fail again, fail…

  • Designing Assignments that Encourage Academic Integrity

    Designing Assignments that Encourage Academic Integrity

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    Encouraging Academic Integrity In an ideal environment students would always cite their sources, write their own ideas, and turn in independent work. However, sometimes students break plagiarism rules, unintentionally or on purpose, and we are forced to penalize students instead of provide constructive feedback. Changing how assignments are designed can help alleviate this problem. It…

  • Icebreaker: Find Someone Who . . . .

    Icebreaker: Find Someone Who . . . .

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    Icebreakers help us create a sense of community which is essential when we are going to collaborate with people.  In the classroom, especially in a foreign language class where students need to try to get their mouths to pronounce unfamiliar words and sounds, people need to know that they are in an environment where it…

  • First Day of Class

    First Day of Class

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    students will appreciate a clear roadmap of what you will require of them over the course of the semester