Teaching Strategies
How can I use SQ3R to support reading comprehension?
SQ3R Reading and comprehending text are important skills that students need to develop and continually improve in order to be successful in most classes. Strategies for improving reading comprehension can help students maximize the learning that ...
What is a "Flipped" Classroom?
The "Flipped" classroom is a teaching strategy that reverses the traditional "lecture" during class and activities and homework completed outside of class. Instead, students read the textbook, watch course videos, and get the instructional content ...
How can I help students organize ideas and take better notes?
Many students struggle with organizing ideas and note-taking, whether this is preparing for class or major assignments. One tool that instructors can provide for students are organizers. These can be used in many different ways - prior to class, ...
What is Think-Pair-Share?
Think-Pair-Share (TPS) is a common teaching technique that you perhaps have used many times in the past and didn't know it had a name! This is a teaching strategy that can promote student engagement and inclusivity as it allows for participation from ...
How can I use live polling to make my lectures more interactive?
One strategy for making a lecture more active is the use of online polling software. Polls can be created using a variety a question types: multiple-choice, true-false, open-ended, etc. The data obtained from each question can be also be presented in ...
How can I use Four Corners for quick formative assessment?
Strategies for conducting quick formative assessments are nice to have as part of your teacher toolkit. Whether you want to gauge your students’ understanding of a concept or whether you are looking to take the temperature of the room with regard to ...
How can I use Cubing to deepen thinking on course content?
Are you looking for a way to differentiate instruction in your classroom? Are you looking for a way to present different prompts to students within the same lesson? Are you looking for a way to encourage students to look at topics and concepts from ...
How can I use 'Commit and Toss' to prompt reflection and discussion?
If you are looking for a fun teaching strategy for your classroom to prompt reflection and discussion and/or to formatively gauge student understanding of a concept, try the strategy called “Commit and Toss.” The strategy is pretty simple. Provide ...
How can I use Favorite "No" to promote a growth mindset with students?
How do you help students modify their mindset so that they are able to see mistakes not as mistakes but as opportunities to learn and grow? A challenge that educators face is helping students take advantage of missteps in terms of using them to pivot ...
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Student Resource Links
Check your course syllabus for many more links to services and activities across campus. General Resources Kirkwood Community College Dept/Faculty/Staff Directory - find people, places, email and phone numbers College Catalog - Find course ...
How do I enable Honorlock for my remote students?
To enable Honorlock for quizzes in your Talon course or 3rd party exams on external publisher sites (e.g. Pearson or Cengage)... Talon Quizzes Click on Student Tools > Honorlock... Click the blue Enable button next to the quiz title. Configure the ...
Where can I find professional development courses?
Most Professional Development opportunities are available in NeoEd. You can login to NeoEd by going to MyHub, clicking on NeoEd under My Links. From there, click on Training on the left hand menu, and Course Catalog to view all offerings. You can ...
What is a "Flipped" Classroom?
The "Flipped" classroom is a teaching strategy that reverses the traditional "lecture" during class and activities and homework completed outside of class. Instead, students read the textbook, watch course videos, and get the instructional content ...
How can I copy content from another course?
Copy All Components or Copy Select Components Open your new course (the course should be empty of content) and follow Course Admin > Import / Export / Copy Components Select "Copy Components from Another Course/Org Unit" (the default) and click ...