by Columbia CTL | Apr 9, 2025
This Week for Faculty: 🌱 Grading for Growth Grading practices that promote learning and engagement In Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education (2023), mathematics professors...
by Columbia CTL | Apr 1, 2025
This Week for Faculty: 🎉 Celebrating Teaching and Learning Celebrate teaching and learning with us! This year marks the 10th anniversary of our Center for Teaching and Learning. We can’t thank you enough for the work you do to inspire, teach, and mentor your students....
by Columbia CTL | Mar 26, 2025
This Week for Faculty: 🧠 Strengthening student metacognition Strengthen student metacognition Have your students taken an exam or submitted an assignment recently in your course? If so, consider asking your students to complete an exam or assignment wrapper. Wrappers...
by Columbia CTL | Mar 12, 2025
This Week for Faculty: Supporting classroom culture mid-semester Supporting classroom culture mid-semester 1. Revisit community agreements. Remind students of the expectations for respectful and inclusive behavior during interactions inside and outside of...
by Columbia CTL | Mar 5, 2025
This Week for Faculty: 📚 Teaching students to learn through reading and writing in the age of AI Articulating the “why” behind reading and writing assignments When assigning readings and writing tasks in your course, consider sharing with your students:...
by Columbia CTL | Feb 26, 2025
This Week for Faculty: 🐈 Bringing CATs to your classroom Bring Classroom Assessment Techniques to your classroom How do you know what your students are learning? CATs (Classroom Assessment Techniques) are low-stakes strategies that provide immediate information on...
