Have you ever wanted a timer in class or a workshop that would help speakers track their time—without the stress…
Lessons from teaching in Fall 2020: what to keep, what to ditch, and what to change
This fall, I got the opportunity to teach online for the first time. I had been thinking about online teaching…
Promoting persistence in STEM Learning Community: Bad teaching, weed out courses, the struggle to thrive, and what non-STEM students can teach us
This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together…
Promoting persistence in STEM Learning Community: What interview data from Talking about Leaving Revisited tell us
This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together…
Promoting persistence in STEM Learning Community: Understanding switching trends
This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together…
Promoting persistence in STEM Learning Community: Getting started
Earlier this week, about 20 faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) met to kick off a learning community focused…
Student motivation journal club: Supporting our students’ motivation in the era of COVID-19
Our student motivation journal club is ending the academic year in the age of COVID-19 and all that implies: working…
Student motivation journal club: Don’t forget about your strengths when considering ways to improve: The impact of various self-regulated learning strategies on effort intentions
By Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director When we give students feedback on an assignment, we often list what they did…
Student motivation journal club: What do students say matters for their motivation?
What’s more important for supporting our students’ motivation—autonomy, a sense of relatedness, or a sense of competence? That’s the question…
Yours, mine, and ours: What effects does a shared self-transcendent purpose have in the classroom?
Why do you do the work you do? What motivates you to persist when it’s tough—when you read a review…
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