Questions tagged [teaching]
This tag is related to the role and duties of a teacher, an academic instructor, tutor or a teaching assistant.
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Is it unfair to retroactively excuse a student for absences?
A student revealed her pregnancy AFTER accumulating eight absences and missing a crucial midterm exam. The university’s policy stipulates that accommodations are not retroactive, and instructors are ...
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Designing a Teaching Innovation Study for Slow Learners in Civil Engineering [closed]
I am an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. I have recently been tasked by the Department Chair to design a teaching innovation study with the focus to support and enhance the academic ...
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Should I tell my class I am neurodivergent?
I am neurodivergent (autism), and I will be leading the teaching on a module of work for the first time this coming September.
While I have been preparing content to teach the module, a thought has ...
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Is it possible to retract an acceptance for a full time lecturer position?
I'm a 4-year (most likely 4.5-year) experimental psychology PhD student who just got an offer to be a visiting lecturer at a regional branch of a major university in the United States. They gave me ...
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Why don't professors seem to use learning strategies like spaced repetition and note-taking?
I've always been curious about the learning habits of professors and other academic experts. According to research, strategies like spaced repetition and active note-taking are among the most ...
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How beneficial is teaching prior to PhD?
I have recently finished my MS in biology and will be beginning in a PhD program this upcoming semester. I was recently offered an adjunct position at a community college to teach a summer course. It ...
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To what extent should homework sets be changed in a math course, semester to semester?
I've curious as to the extent that materials should be refreshed between semesters, changing the contexts and updating numbers to avoid students passing on solutions from previous semesters of the ...
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Colleague Plagiarizes Entire Course Content
I am sharing a course with a colleague, the share is 50-50. I do my part, she does her part.
However, I noticed that for her part, the entire structure of the course, from the slides to notes and ...
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With computation tools available, why are we still not teaching any proofs in the first-year calculus/linear algebra for deeper understanding?
My understanding of the first-year calculus/linear algebra in the U.S. is that: students basically only need to memorize all kinds of math formulas instead of theories (even for theorems, for example ...
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What can I tell a student I am mentoring who claims: "I want to do pure mathematics because it is superior to any other subject in the world"?
This question is partly inspired by this thread.
I am mentoring a student who claims: "I want to do pure mathematics because it is superior to any other subject in the world like applied math, ...
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Which countries allow you to become an Assistant Professor (in CompSci) with just a Masters [closed]
I am a PhD student in Computer Science currently ABD, hoping to become an Assistant Professor.
I'm concerned that I might be unable to complete the PhD (for reasons unrelated to my ability). I've ...
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Is it appropriate to ask a sick student to leave the classroom?
Say you're teaching a class and a student shows symptoms of the common cold (cough, runny nose, etc.).
They might be contagious. Is it appropriate to ask them to leave?
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How to deal with students who regularly ignore my ban on using laptops in the classroom?
In my class (for undergraduate students) I do not allow students to use laptops so that you can focus more the lecture. (I do allow taking notes on tablets or using mobile phones.) Most students ...
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Will students without a Gradescope submission be able to see the test after grades are posted for the others?
I have a class test graded, and want to publish/post the grades.
However, some students are expected to makeup the test, and I don't want them to see the test yet. Will a student with
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How to deal with students who are regularly late?
I teach a class that starts at 8:30 AM. Some students come late almost every day, usually 5 to 10 minutes late. In the past, I tried punishing late students by making them sing a song or blocking the ...
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