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    William Lewis Sapphire, who recently passed away, was always a colorful character. His fascination with the use of the English language lasted a lifetime. For a fun, tongue-in-cheek set of tips on the proper use of American English, enjoy the "fumble rules of grammar" from 1979.

    Best in Class - a snapshot of this years incoming freshman class

    Spring 2009 Teaching Awards Announcements

    Examining Exams

    Newsweek Web Exclusive, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
    Byline: Wray Herber, Mind Matters

    "Psychologists and educators are very interested in these questions, and in the related question: What's the best way to study? Traditionally, tests have been viewed and used as mere assessment tools - a way to measure whether or not students are progressing as they should be. But two psychologists - Henry Roediger of Washington Universitya nd Jeffrey Karpicke of Purdue - have been challenging this conventional wisdom."

    Read on about their research and some very interesting results!

    Tufts Learns How Far a Big Gift Can Go [Chronicle of Higher Education, March 13, 2009 edition]

    Wake Up and Smell the New Epistemology , an article written by Tim Clydesdale in the January 23, 2009 edition of The Chronicle Review proposes that we respect our students as thinkers, and consider meeting them where they are.

    Colleges calling sleep a success prerequisite [Boston.com]

    Foreign Language Faculty in the Age of Web 2.0 [EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3]

    Defining Tools for a New Learning Space: Writing and Reading Class Blogs [The Journal of Online Teaching]

    Wikis as a Tool for Collaborative Course Management [The Journal of Online Teaching]

    When Web Sites Post Test Answers, Professors Worry [The Chronicle of Higher Education Online]

    Professors Make Their Own Videos [The Chronicle of Higher Education Online]

    Research Yields Tips on Crafting Better Syllabi [The Chronicle of Higher Education Online]

    The Unbearable Importance of Grading [The Chronicle of Higher Education Online]

    New Effort Encourages Professors to Share the Research Materials on Their Hard Drives [The Chronicle of Higher Education Online]

    Professors and Facebook

    Foreign Policy 101

    Net Generation Learners

    EDUCAUSE Quarterly's top-ten teaching and learning issues, 2007

    Tufts' Spark Project honored

    Even professors need practice

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