Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center


Using PowerPoint this year? Be intentional about student learning!

The discussions of PowerPoint are numerous–is it the best teaching invention in decades or the devil incarnate, destroying our students’ minds? Opinions differ, but there is growing research about the use of PowerPoint in the college classroom. Dr. Maryilyn Weimer, [...]

Homework

We all assign homework to our students, but how do we decide what homework, when, and how much? A N.Y. Times article (see below) references cognitive research on learning and considers applications to homework situations.  It makes me wonder, though, [...]

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