Jeffrey Young’s latest “College 2.0″ article for the Chronicle of Higher Education is titled “High-Tech Cheating Abounds and Professors Bear Some Blame.” In the article, Young reports on recent research by David E. Pritchard, a physics professor at MIT, indicating that students frequently copy answers to online homework problems in science courses, sometimes by copying [...]
A few weeks ago, Jason B. Jones, one of the editors at my favorite group blog, ProfHacker, invited readers who teach in math and science disciplines to contribute articles to the blog. I took Jason up on his offer, and I’ve now contributed two posts to ProfHacker.
In the first post, “Multiple-Choice Questions on Exams,” I [...]
I thought I should mention here a couple of conference keynote talks I have on the horizon.
I’ll be giving the Sunday evening keynote at the Great Lakes Conference on Teaching and Learning hosted by Central Michigan University on May 23-25, 2010. The keynote will address methods for increasing student participation and engagement in the classroom, [...]
The latest CFT podcast episode features a panel discussion with Mark Dalhouse, Faculty Head of East House and Director for the Office of Active Citizenship and Service, Joseph Wehby, Associate Professor of Special Education, and Roark Luskin, Class of 2012. During the discussion, panelists answer two questions: Should Vanderbilt faculty [...]
Last week the CFT held a workshop titled “Show and Tell: Ideas for Integrating Visual Thinking in Your Teaching.” At the end the workshop, participants were asked to identify visual tools discussed in the workshop they wanted to try out in their teaching. Participants shared their ideas in words and pictures. Below [...]
On Wednesday of this week, the CFT held a workshop titled “Show and Tell: Ideas for Integrating Visual Thinking in Your Teaching.” During the workshop, graphic facilitator Peter Durand of Alphachimp Studio captured the presentation and discussion on a virtual white board. See his very visual notes below to learn about some of [...]
Welcome to my home page. I’m Derek Bruff, author of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments (Jossey-Bass, 2009). I’m also acting director at the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a senior lecturer in the Vanderbilt University Department of Mathematics. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of Vanderbilt University.
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