The MindTap Effect: Higher Grades, Confidence and Engagement

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith complete control of their course, instructors who use MindTap have been reporting an increase in student confidence and performance, year over year. For the past six years, we’ve been measuring the real impact of MindTap in the classroom. We spoke with students and instructors and discovered that successful use of MindTap led to: Higher Grades Better […]

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Enjoy Your Summer Break—Science Says It’s Okay

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on BizCommBuzz.   By the end of the academic year, most of us are counting the days until we can get a little R&R over summer break. It’s no wonder, considering the intellectual, emotional and physical demands of teaching. Between new technology training, […]

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Why I’m Proud After Teaching Through a Pandemic: Melinda’s Story

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Reading Time: 5 minutesMelinda Doty is a full-time Faculty Member at East Carolina University.   A new decade. A new beginning. The “new” twenties were set to be great. The spring 2020 semester started like any other; syllabi were prepared, students registered, and classes began. The first few weeks were like all other semesters and then the world […]

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How One Student Stopped Procrastinating with MindTap

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCollege student Jenny Kim always struggled with procrastination in school. According to her, “Putting all my work aside and doing it right before it was due was my way of getting work done.” Starting college during the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t make things easier. “It made me very unmotivated,” she said. “I didn’t want to do […]

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Why I’m Proud of Teaching Through a Pandemic: Courtney’s Story

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Reading Time: 4 minutesCourtney Pham is a Senior Instructor in the College of Business at Missouri State University   There are 385,000 babies born worldwide each day. At one point in time, I was the youngest person on Earth. I proudly held that title for a nanosecond until the next baby was born. It’s true. I am no […]

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Teacher Appreciation 2022: Why I’m Thankful to Faculty

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Reading Time: 2 minutesChaitali Botcha is a Senior BIMS Major and Leadership Minor at Texas A&M University   This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I can’t help but think back on the many impactful instructors I’ve had from my childhood to my senior year of college and how they made it enjoyable to go to class. They […]

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Bouncing Back from Teacher Burnout: One Educator’s Story

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Reading Time: 4 minutesKristin McDonald is a professor and Associate Chair of Human Services and Sociology at Post University   Over the past two years, we have all had the wonderful opportunity to get re-acquainted with the four walls around us. At this point in my pandemic life, I think every room in my home has been organized […]

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