Yale Center for Teaching and Learning

“Considering Teaching & Learning” Notes by Dr. Niemi

Welcome to Considering Teaching & Learning. This series of short reflections on the research of teaching and learning was published weekly from 2015 - 2019 and emailed to subscribers within the Yale community.

This webpage provides a sample of the weekly series, authored by Nancy Niemi, Ph.D., Founding Director of Faculty Teaching Initiatives. Dr. Niemi, currently Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, can be reached at nsniemi@umes.edu.

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Notes in this Series

"Considering Teaching & Learning" Notes from Dr. Nancy Niemi
Date Focus Featured Research
1/29/16

Jargon and Student Articulation of Understanding
Concepts First, Jargon Second Improves Student Articulation of Understanding
1/22/16

Active Learning in the Social Sciences
Active Learning Techniques versus Traditional Teaching Styles: Two Experiments from History and Political Science
1/15/16

The First Five Minutes
Small Changes in teaching: The First Five Minutes
1/8/16

Note 11: Developing a Syllabus
“Effect of syllabus tone: Student perceptions of instructor and course” (Social Psychology of Education, Harnish & Bridges 2011)
12/18/15

Note 10: Grading and Student Assessment
“The effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grades” (Junco, Heiberger & Loken, 2010)
12/18/15

Note 10: Grading and Student Assessment
“The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation” (CHE, Kohn, 2002
12/11/15

Note 9: Student Evaluations
Is the Professor Bossy or Brilliant? Much Depends on Gender
Cain-Miller’s New York Times’ op-ed (2015, February)
Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of Research and Literature
(Benton& Cashin, 2012)
12/4/15

Note 8: 24/7 Lectures
24/7 Lectures as an Exam Review Technique, presented by Fenwick, Norris, Dalton, and Kreahling (2010
11/20/15

Note 7: Small Steps Can Go a Long Way
Tanner’s (2013) Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity.
11/20/15

Note 7: Small Steps Can Go a Long Way
Perceptions of Faculty Behavior by Students of Color (Chesler, M., Wilson, M. & Malani, A.,1993)
11/15/15

Note 6: Intersections of Teaching and Diversity
Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom by Lee Warren, at the Derek Bok Center, Harvard University
Race talk: The psychology of racial dialogues in the classroom
(Sue, 2013; American Psychologist)
11/15/15

Note 6: Intersections of Teaching and Diversity
Difficult Dialogues at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
Race talk: The psychology of racial dialogues in the classroom
(Sue, 2013; American Psychologist)
11/6/15

Note 5: Coping With the Semester Doldrums
10/30/15

Note 4: Student Research Strategies
How College Students Seek Information in the Digital Age
(Head & Eisenberg, 2009)
10/23/15

Note 3: Your Students Have Malleable Skills
Carol Dweck- It's Not About How Smart You Are
Carol Dweck says colleges could improve their students' learning if they relentlessly encouraged them to think about their mental skills as malleable.
10/16/15

Note 2: Gathering Student Feedback
Midterm Evaluations
10/9/15

Note 1: Introduction
Do learners really know best? Urban legends in education.
Kirschner & Merrienboer (2013)