Reading Time: 3 minutesYour physics students go on to build the connected world around us – from space flight to commercial planes, from artificial joints to machine tools. Yet, many students first approach physics with wild misconceptions and poor math skills – vulnerabilities that can lead to a lack of foundational understanding, or worse, academic dishonesty. With WebAssign, Cengage […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent analytics is a great tool to have, but you need a goal to use it effectively. With Class Insights, you can evaluate student performance on questions and topics throughout the semester and use it in your course lectures and assignments. Let’s look at seven ways you can make the most of Class Insights to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. Because I taught business communication for nearly two decades, I’m always on the lookout for surveys that name the most-wanted skills employers look for in new grads. I’ve found that while […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesStudy groups are a great way for students to study for a test or work through challenging topics with their peers. Physical distancing doesn’t mean study groups can’t meet – they just require a little extra planning to be effective. As an instructor, you can facilitate study groups in WebAssign for your students by helping with the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAuthor: Michael Britt We all remember how tough it was going through our teen years – it was rough. And it’s hard to watch someone else go through it as well. The problems (and possible solutions) are well detailed in this article, “Parenting Teens: Silver Linings from the Battlefield“. Why Are The Adolescent Years So […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents usually hate group projects because one or two people in the group wind up doing most of the work. Here’s an activity that demonstrates this idea of “social loafing” and hopefully this will spark an excellent conversation among your students about the importance of everyone contributing to the group work. Social Loafing Create Groups: […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy: William A. Raabe, Co-Editor of the South-Western Federal Taxation series U.S. Supreme Court cases involving tax law are rare, numbering one every year or two. But the cases that the court does hear tend to become important sources of judicial tax law, whether they involve broad (e.g. Wayfair, 2018, regarding sales/use tax nexus for online transactions) or […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe asked instructors from across the country to share how their course has changed since moving to remote teaching. Keep reading to find some great tips they’ve used to help their students succeed and find balance in an online environment. How Has Going Online Changed the Way You Host Class? Video has become an increasingly […]
