Reading Time: < 1 minuteShare this with everyone who inspires confidence in you. #beunstoppable We brought three college students, Brandon, Nia and Destiny, to New York to help us launch the Cengage Student Ambassador program. Little did they know, we had a surprise in store for them. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesFailure is only failure if we refuse to try again. And according to Stanford psychologist Dr. Carol S. Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, a major contributing factor to performance — in and out of the classroom — is this type of mindset around failure. In her research, Dweck discovered that people […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesA test, a presentation, a job interview. Each of us has experienced moments in which performing well was critical to achieving our goals. For these events, we prepare. We rehearse. We run through the material backwards and forwards. But ultimately, we must perform. These events often start as expected: there are questions or tasks we […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you equipping your students to be career-ready? Take this short quiz to see where you stand according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHear from Department Chair, Business and Computer Technologies at College of the Mainland, Selina Rahman as she discusses key indicators that identify students who lack the confidence to succeed in her class. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHear from Director of the Center for Innovation & Teaching Excellence and Professional Instructor of Communication Studies, Shawn Orr as she shares the strategies she uses to start the first day of class feeling energized and confident. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudies show that this effortless method help students recall concepts. James Lang, professor of English and director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence, shares his tips in this video. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHear from Professor of English and Director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence, James Lang as he shares an excerpt from his book, Small Changes in Teaching. In this video, learn how a simple restructure of class time can impact student behavior and lead to more positive learning outcomes. […]
