Student Success

tudents love flashcards. But if they have a bunch of index cards in front of them and make flashcards by just copying text from the text or the web and then...

Start with the students rather than the discipline: this is the 3rd principle from Ken Bain’s book, “What the Best College Teachers Do” (pp. 110-112): …the best teachers start with something that, as...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEveryone wants to feel that others are listening to them. But, most of us do not learn to listen. We learn to speak. All parents are excited when their children say...

This post is a modified version of an article that originally appeared on  BizCommBuzz.   The longer I teach, the more I am thankful for my sense of humor. Not only do...

Janet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz.   You’ve likely noticed a dearth of media literacy...