Teaching Within the Rhythms of the Semester

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Wiley, May 2, 1995 - Education - 288 pages
The authors model practices that instructors at every level may use to get off to a good beginning, maintain motivation in the mid-semester doldrums, and achieve successful closure at the And. Each chapter opens with a vignette that illustrates challenges teachers encounter and the ways both they and their students respond to them.

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Contents

Creating Magic in the Classroom
27
Stalking the Superior Syllabus
55
Tempo of the Semester
121
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About the author (1995)

DONNA KILLIAN DUFFY is professor and co-coordinator of the Activating Learning in the Classroom (ALC) program at Middlesex Community College, Bedford and Lowell, Massachusetts. JANET WRIGHT JONES is professor emeritus of Middlesex Community College and former co-coordinator of the ALC program. In 1991, Duffy and Jones received the International Award for Teaching Excellence presented by the International Conference on Teaching Excellence at Austin, Texas, as well as awards for Teaching Excellence at Middlesex Community College.

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