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What is meant by "active learning?"
The term: "active learning" is frequently read in education journal articles, heard in education speeches, and presented to educators at school...
Education, 06/22/08 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
What is a scholarly community and what are our individual and collective responsibilities?
Recently, I had cause to discuss with a group of my freshman college students the issue of reporting observed or known academic dishonesty. I was...
Education, 06/22/08 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
How we can attract and retain quality teachers
Attracting and retaining high quality and dedicated teachers is an expensive, vital to their image and success, and an ongoing major professional...
Education, 12/22/07 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
How to make college tests more relevant, valid, and useful for instructors and students
College tests need to be better thought out, constructed, administered, evaluated, and explained to students in order to render exams fair,...
College Student Journal, 12/01/07 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
A model for examining, analyzing, evaluating, and understanding events, acts and utterances
Students at all educational levels are daily bombarded by others' attempts to influence them. Influence in the political, religious, social,...
Reading Improvement, 03/22/07 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
A model for examining, analyzing, evaluating, and understanding events, acts and utterances
Students at all educational levels are daily bombarded by others' attempts to influence them. Influence in the political, religious, social,...
Education, 12/22/06 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
An operational definition of class participation
This article operationally defines effective student class participation. Optimum class management and effectiveness depends on students being...
College Student Journal, 12/01/06 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
The value of precise language usage
Precision in language usage can be thought of as an ego boosting activity, a snobbish pastime, an arrogant trait; or it can be interpreted as an...
Reading Improvement, 09/22/06 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
Greater media consumption needed to improve reading
In more than thirty years of university teaching; hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school visits; and numerous personal interactions with...
Reading Improvement, 06/22/06 by Ken Petress · More from publication -
Questions and answers: the substance of knowledge and relationships
The ability to ask quality questions and to respond adequately and usefully are skills few are formally taught. These skills are learned...
College Student Journal, 06/01/06 by Ken Petress · More from publication
