Tip Sheets: Support for Student Learning
In the transition to university, students often take a “stenographer” approach to notetaking.
In the transition to university, you need to start making choices about how you read course materials such as textbooks, journal articles, and course notes
A content warning is a statement made prior to discussing, displaying, or sharing content that some students might find disturbing.
How to have conversations with students about academic integrity and discipline norms in order to discourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for nefarious purposes.
Some basic skills can help you to be a more effective communicator in the classroom.
This Teaching Tip discusses the challenge of effectively using feedback to enhance students' learning and performance. Feedback literacy involves understanding and using feedback to enhance learning strategies.
Exam wrappers are activities that “wrap around” an exam to enhance students' meta-cognition and their reflection on their assessments.
A three-way game of rock-paper-scissorsAudio version of "Group decision making" tip sheet (MP3)
Many skills and attitudes towards learning are required for success in an independent study environment.
Non-native speakers of English, especially those lacking fluency in the language, may experience unique barriers to learning in their university courses. This teaching tip identifies some of those barriers and proposes strategies that instructors can implement to help these students.
Working in groups can be both rewarding and challenging.
Working in groups is quite different than working individually.
Online discussions can help you prepare for class, learn discussion skills, practice your writing skills, and learn from others
Online outliners such as WorkFlowy allow you to create lists with an infinite number of hierarchical levels: items, sub items, sub sub items, and so on
We are continually receiving and giving feedback.
Learning independently can be challenging, even for the brightest and most motivated students.
Independent study experiences can be extremely rewarding both for students and their advising instructors
This document provides brief guidance on appropriate ways of interacting with your classmates, teaching assistants, and instructors in online, professional contexts. It applies to email, online discussion groups, and online chats.
For groups to function effectively, it's important for students to think critically about the climate within their group and the process by which they accomplish their tasks. Although students can gain many of the skills described below through ad hoc interactions, instructors play a key role in making them explicit protocols.
Thousands of books, manuals and how-to guides offer advice on research writing.
Learning style preferences refer to the “characteristic strengths and preferences in the ways [people] take in and process information” (Felder, 1996). This teaching tip reviews important considerations when understanding and applying learning styles and the Soloman-Felder model of learning styles.