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Understanding the New Students
Data and analysis-rich article (2003) in “Educause,” an education journal, focused especially on the “millennial generation” and computer technology. The author discusses how the learning styles, attitudes, and aptitudes of today's "new students" vary depending on age, experience, and preferences, requiring colleges and universities to find a variety of ways to meet students' expectations.
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/BoomersGenXersandMillenni/40415
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Study Guides and Strategies
Aimed at students, this site is a user-friendly bulleted list of briefly treated topics, all related to college study skills and how to learn.
http://www.studygs.net/
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Models of College Students' Epistemological Development
Reviews theories of how notions of what constitutes knowledge and how one gets it change as individuals mature –"epistemological development," or development of ways of knowing.
http://www.indiana.edu/~l506/theoryframe/506Model.htm
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Motivating Students (pdf)
Reviews research and explains several concrete best practices on how to motivate students. Idea Paper no. 1, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_01.pdf
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Motivating Students
Series of brief paragraph-length essays in response to specific questions, such as: how do I deal with groups who are not functioning well together? how do I get students over anxiety about the course? and should class be fun?
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/motivatingstudents/motivating.html
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Teaching and Learning when We Least Expect It: The Role of Critical Moments in Student Development
Personal reflection on the importance of informal moments in the education of students, and the implications for our metaphor of teaching.
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/575.html
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Problem Students and Disruptive Behavior
Excellent advice and overview, with lots of links to more specific discussions.
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/problemstudents.html
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Improving Academic Advising (pdf)
Reviews briefly the scope of duties, effective strategies, and necessary skills, to achieve effective advising beyond a perfunctory “signatory function.” Includes a brief list of references. Idea Paper no. 3, from the series developed by the Center for faculty Evaluation and development, Kansas State University.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/papers/Idea_Paper_03.pdf
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Meeting the Office Hour Challenge
A brief essay suggesting ways to maximize the effectiveness of your office hours: getting students to come, dealing with distractions, handling student extra-curricular problems, and tactics to support learning during office hours.
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/597.html
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It’s About Time
Suggestions on how to get your students to spend more time studying.
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/511.html
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First Generation Challenges
Magazine article-style discussion of the challenges and needs of first generation college students.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/08/10/first
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