[Grad-postdoc-assn] Article: How to make big classes feel smaller

[Valerie Sloan]

Good morning,
If you are thinking about teaching in your career, here are some tips.

-Valerie
How Can You Make Big Classes Feel Smaller?
<https://www.chronicle.com/specialreport/How-Can-You-Make-Big-Classes/224?cid=wcontentgrid_hp_4>

Jarod Opperman for The Chronicle
Zoë Cohen, who teaches a large class in physiology at the U. of Arizona,
began sending personalized, supportive emails to students who failed the
first exam. The “nudge,” as such a low-touch intervention is called, helped
improve their academic performance, she says.
Emails, sent at key moments during the semester, are one strategy for
helping personalize the large lecture.


<https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-One-Email-From-You-Could/244223?cid=cp224>

How One Email From You Could Help Students Succeed
<https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-One-Email-From-You-Could/244223?cid=cp224>

A professor shares some promising results from sending a personalized
message to students who failed her first exam — one example of the kind of
“nudge” that can raise student performance.

Small Ways to Help Students Feel Noticed
<https://www.chronicle.com/article/Small-Ways-to-Help-Students/244515?cid=cp224>By
Beckie Supiano

Start by building excitement, says a professor who teaches large courses at
the University of Arizona.

Insights From Other Instructors
<https://www.chronicle.com/article/Insights-From-Other/244516?cid=cp224>By
Beckie Supiano

Professors share the emails they use to “nudge” students at key moments in
a course.
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Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.
Director of the GEO REU Network &
Senior Higher Education Specialist
NCAR Education & Outreach
NCAR|UCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Email: vsloan at ucar.edu
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