Join Martha Oakley, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education http://www.chem.indiana.edu/faculty/martha-oakley/ on Monday March 6 1PM – 2:00 PM in Luddy Hall Dean’s Suite – Room 3006 as well as https://iu.zoom.us/j/9550537245 For a Conversation on Mastery Grading: Light Refreshments served. What is Mastery grading? Consider this question: What does a C… Read more »
Mental Health
Considering Trauma when Preparing a Syllabus
MaryAnn Raybuck (Northern Virginia Community College) explains that traumatized students are predisposed to feel distrustful, powerless, and fearful. Remember that trauma can affect perception and memory. Therefore, it is best practice to: Provide students with a detailed syllabus: A trauma informed syllabus goes beyond course schedule and assignment due dates. Include your standards and norms for… Read more »
Tips to help discouraging procrastination in students (4-5 minute read)
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), anywhere from “80 percent to 95 percent of college students procrastinate, particularly when it comes to doing their coursework.” Even at its conservative end, this estimate range is shocking, representing at an absolute minimum, four out of every five students in college. In a 2017 article by Maryellen Weimer, she… Read more »
A couple of tips to help students with study/text anxiety
Howie Hua, a lecturer in the Mathemetics Department at Fresno State University, recently shared a few tips he uses to help students reduce their anxiety when preparing for test. One is called “Friends without Pens” and gives students time to chat about the exam before it starts in two rounds with the following structure: Students are… Read more »
Curricular approaches for supporting stressed out students and additional resources.
Hi All, Stress affects all Americans regardless of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status or prior life experience. Typically, those who are experiencing stress report feeling “overwhelmed, worried or run-down” (Alvord et al., n.d.). Now more than ever, college students feel stressed in the university setting (Yorke 2004). These feelings are particularly acute among first- and… Read more »