Understanding & Motivating Students

Diversity and Inclusion

Teaching in Racially Diverse College Classrooms – from Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. *Due to a computer glitch, we are not able to link directly to this article. When you click on the link, scroll down the page to view this exact article.

Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies by Catherine G. Krupnick from Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

Student Motivation

Motivating Students’ Best Work – from “A Berkeley Compendium – Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence”

Student Cognitive Development

A brief overview of William Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development from the State University of New York at Buffalo

The Perry Network and the Center for the Study of Intellectual Development – an informative site although difficult to view.

Student Learning Styles

Kolb Learning Styles: A complete article on Kolb Learning Styles including definitions, diagrams, and resources.

VARK – A guide to learning styles

What are learning styles? Can we identify them? What is their place in the assessment program? By Linda Suskie of Towson University. She lists links to many other learning style web pages.