Summary: Sometimes it’s hard to write a good letter of reference. time, I have developed a “check list” that I return to students who ask me for a letter.
Filed under: Education | Tagged: academia, administration, being a student, letter of reference, scholarship | 1 Comment »
Summary: In recent years, I have seen a sharp decrease in understanding about a writing process. Anecdotal evidence suggests a growing lack of familiarity with the benefits of a writing process. So now you understand why it is that, when my fourth grader, lying in bed and chatting before lights-out, began to talk about “the writing process,” I leapt for the laptop and began to record. Take ten minutes, and learn how it’s done.
Filed under: Education, Writing | Tagged: being a student, grammar, Writing | 2 Comments »
Summary: I wrote before about exercises in active reading. Here I look especially at textbook chapters and active reading. The steps may seem time-consuming, but in practice it is an incredible time saver: with interactive reading, you can read the chapter once instead of several times, because you retain the content at a much higher rate than through passive reading.
Filed under: Education, Research | Tagged: active reading, advice, being a student, learning, reading | 2 Comments »
Summary: Not everyone is equally prepared for online learning. What would you want to ask of a prospective online student, to help her make a no-B.S. assessment of whether distance learning is for her? If you have been an online learner, what do you know now about “what it takes” that you didn’t know then?
Filed under: Education | Tagged: academia, advice, assessment, being a student, distance learning | 2 Comments »
Summary: Seminary students arrive with a wide range of preparedness to do “active reading” (a wider range than in many Masters programs, I think). What kinds of activities can model and enhance active reading, in a non-remedial way that’s good for the largest number of students?
Filed under: Critical Thinking, Education | Tagged: argument, being a student, Critical Thinking, learning, reading | Leave a Comment »
Summary: Profs, what is your practice with those students who are failing to turn in the work, but who keep showing up to class and taking—usually failing—quizzes and exams? The ones who never come to you to acknowledge that they aren’t handing in the assignments?
Filed under: Education | Tagged: being a student, teaching | 3 Comments »
Summary: Per Dr. Crazy, it means: the prof doesn’t “make class happen.” How do you communicate this in class?
Filed under: Education, Links | Tagged: being a student, teaching | 2 Comments »
Summary: Random anecdote proves conclusively that form criticism and writing are both Not Hard. Students everywhere officially On Notice.
Filed under: An Informal Word, Ancient Near East, Education, Writing | Tagged: Amarna Letters, being a student, history, humor, inscriptions, learning | 2 Comments »
Summary: Students whose textbook cites primary literature (like the Bible) should keep that primary literature open before them while reading the textbook.
Filed under: Education | Tagged: advice, being a student, Critical Thinking, GETS11500, Hebrew Bible, IPS417, learning | 2 Comments »
