The “feeling” of learning versus actually learning
Legal Skills Prof Blog (By James B. Levy) — Professor Levy (Nova Southeastern Law) analyzes the recent Harvard study about students “feeling” like they learned more when they passively listen to a lecturer compared to a lecturer teaching the material through an active learning approach.
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TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Journal of Legal Education article by Nancy Ehrenreich (Denver Law), “When Professors Get in Their Own Way: Law Teaching and Academic Perfectionism,” that details how Ehrenreich overcame her disillusionment and decreasing effectiveness as a law professor by re-evaluating her rigorous standards of academic…
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Teach Law Better (By Abigail Perdue) — Professor Perdue (Wake Forest Law) contributes a chapter to a new book, The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture, from editor Christine Corcos (Louisiana State University Law).
Read More about Take One: The World Premiere of an Exciting New Resource on Pop Culture PedagogyIncorporating Use of Peer Reviews Across the Law School Curriculum
(TaxProf Blog) By Paul Caron Author posts an abstract and link to Diana Donahoe (Georgetown Law) and Julie Ross’ (Georgetown Law) recent article, which argues that the use of peer reviews and self-evaluations can be successfully used across the law school curriculum to enhance teaching and learning.
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(Legal Skills Prof Blog) By Scott Fruehwald Author posts an abstract and link to Mary Ann Robinson’s (Villanova Law) recent article in Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, which describes a one-credit business and financial literacy module developed at Villanova Law to help first-year students get comfortable with the numbers behind business deal-making.
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(PrawfsBlawg) By Howard Wasserman Professor Matthew Lawrence (Penn State Dickinson Law) highlights ten apps that can help law faculty stay productive and organized in teaching, service, and scholarship.
Read More about Ten Mobile Apps That Can Help Law Professors Stay ProductiveThe Risks of Technology in the Classroom
(Slaw) Canadian law blog links to an article by Nikos Harris, Q.C. (University of British Columbia Law) in the University of British Columbia Law Review which advocates for “low-tech” teaching methods and note-taking based on recent research on the risks of laptops and other technology in the classroom.
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CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Lay your finger on the pulse of higher education — teaching centers, faculty-development conferences, student-affairs offices, water-cooler discussions — and you’ll find a steady thrum of concern about the rising rates of student anxiety in and out of the classroom.
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