The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style (2005). Boston and New York: Houghton-Mifflin. In cases where you do want to correct grammatical usage in a student’s writing, this is a useful guide. You may also want to quote or direct the student to specific pages so that they…
What neuroscience tells us about how students learn. Based on a talk by Daniela Kaufer (Integrative Biology).
By José Eduardo Valdivia Heredia, Ethnic Studies Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2026 A recurring challenge in interdisciplinary classrooms is the gap between abstract theoretical frameworks and students’ capacity to engage them concretely. In my sections for Introduction to Gender & Women’s Studies, I observed that students could often…
By Jonathan Mackris, Film and Media Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2026 Students entering my film courses usually have some familiarity with analyzing written texts. Analyzing moving images is a different story. All of them are able to follow films and understand their plots. Yet many of…
By Dev Desai, Molecular and Cell Biology Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2026 In the first third of MCB102 (Survey of Biochemistry), a course notorious for its steep learning curve, two recurring concerns emerged from students during my discussion sections: the expectations for the upcoming midterm were unclear, and…
Fall 2026: Thursday, August 20 (International GSIs) & Friday, August 21 (all GSIs) The Fall Teaching Conference is held the Thursday and Friday before classes begin. Its purpose is to orient graduate students to their GSI role and equip them to begin teaching. All international first-time GSIs must attend on…
By Xueqin Lin, School of Education Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2025 One of the challenges I encountered while teaching lab sessions for EDUC 293A: Data Analysis in Education Research in Fall 2025 was supporting students struggling with statistical software, particularly Stata. One student, who had no…
Trauma is an “event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and…wellbeing (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2024).
GSIs can begin to build inclusive classrooms by letting students know what they can expect of the GSI and the learning community they are co-creating. We encourage you to set shared expectations by sharing a statement about your commitment to inclusion, establishing community agreements,…
By Karen Villegas, Education Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2024 As an undergraduate student, I remember dreading group work and public presentations. As a doctoral candidate, I came to value the experience of collaborating on research projects and presenting our findings at academic conferences. There was something special…