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James Lang: How Teachers Could Make An Important Change to their Approach to Teaching

James Lang (author of the book “Small Teaching”) visited our Cengage offices in 2017 to talk about an approach to teaching that one of his colleagues (Ken Bain, author of “What the...

James Lang On How a Shared Document Can Speed Up Grading

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Lang, author of the book Small Teaching, briefly describes how he uses a shared document with his students to that he can save time in the grading process. [...]Read...

James Lang on the Minute Paper Teaching Technique

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Lang, author of Small Teaching, spoke at one of our Empowered Educator webinars. In this audio clip he describes how faculty can use the “Minute Paper” small teaching technique to...

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James Lang: the Importance of Great Questions

Cengage takes inspiration and guidance from the best books on teaching techniques. Two of our favorite authors are James Lang (author of “Small Teaching”) and Ken Bain (author of “What the best...

5 Methods to Foster a Sense of Student Belonging in Class

5 Methods to Foster a Sense of Student Belonging in Class

Essie Childers is a professor of Student Success at Blinn College in Bryan, Texas These are exciting times in higher education as our classrooms become more diverse and the shift to online...

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Small Teaching: Strengthening Retrieval [VIDEO]

tudies 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. [...]Read...

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Small Teaching: Motivate Students [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,...

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Small Teaching and How to Make Lectures Memorable [VIDEO]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJames Lang, professor of English and director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence, shares this surprisingly easy tweak to make lectures more memorable to students. Watch the video to learn...