Teaching Strategies
Reading Before Lectures Helps Students Succeed
Incorporating online prereading into your course results in improved final grades, Professor Steven Forsey of the…
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The Future of Active Learning
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Teaching Strategies
How Think-Pair-Share Drives Student Participation
Think-Pair-Share is an easy-to-implement strategy that improves the way students think, discuss and retain course…
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Student Engagement
Using Clickers and Curiosity To Engage Students In The Classroom
How one chemistry professor used clickers to drive curiosity in his classroom
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Teaching Strategies
5 Rules For Selecting The Right Classroom Technology
One professor shares his views on how to blend digital and analog tools to create an ideal active learning environment
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Student Engagement
College Algebra with Support Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading algebra textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Innovation in Teaching
Stephen Buckles, Lead Author of Top Hat’s 3 Intro Course for Economics Textbooks
How this Vanderbilt University professor with a career in economics research and teaching used Top Hat to best engage…
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Student Engagement
How Does Generation Z Really Learn in College?
One neuroscience professor ponders the role that educators and technology have in teaching Gen Z students effectively…
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Active Learning
What Active Learning Really Is (and What it Isn’t)
How professors can make their classrooms into an active learning environment to more effectively engage their students
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Student Engagement
Social Psychology Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading social psychology textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Innovation in Teaching
George Griffin, Lead Author of Top Hat’s Effective Public Speaking Textbook
How this Keiser University professor used Top Hat to help his students overcome stage fright
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Student Assessment
How to Engage Your Students With Effective Assessments
Well-designed assessments encourage students to prioritize intellectual growth, while equipping them with marketable…
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Teaching Strategies
5 Ways to Bring a Growth Mindset Into Your Classroom
Higher education suffers from an inertia that sets in when professors who weren't taught how to teach draw from the…
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Student Engagement
Managerial Economics Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading managerial economics textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Teaching Strategies
Making the Most of Guest Speakers in the Classroom
How one professor uses guest speakers to allow her students to build a classroom community and engage in the process of…
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Innovation in Teaching
How Top Hat Intro Courses Are Changing The Way Students Learn
This end-to-end course solution makes teaching effective and engaging, with built-in learning assessments and…
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Student Engagement
How Technology Has Changed Where Students Learn
Educational tools on mobile devices are not just changing how students learn, but where they consume content, one…
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Student Engagement
Management Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading management textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Innovation in Teaching
Joseph Crivello: Co-Lead Author of Top Hat’s Anatomy and Physiology in Context
This University of Connecticut professor authored a Top Hat textbook to relay complex anatomical concepts to his…
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Teaching Strategies
What Professors Should Know About Preparing For A Course
From choosing a textbook to creating tests and exams to designing in-class participation activities, Top Hat makes it…
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Student Engagement
Human Sexuality Textbooks: Which Is The Best?
How leading human sexuality textbooks fare in the higher ed marketplace
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Innovation in Teaching
Meaghan Altman: Lead Author of Top Hat’s Introduction to Psychology textbook
How this UC Merced professor uses Top Hat to create a more interactive learning environment
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Education Technology
4 Emerging Education Technology Trends to Watch
Education and technology have always developed hand-in-hand—and technology has always informed the way we educate. But we are far from the…
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Academic Admissions
This Harvard Professor Is Breaking Down Barriers for Low-Income Students
Anthony Abraham Jack is on a mission to help new-to-college students navigate higher ed by effecting institutional change at universities…
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Teaching Strategies
4 Learning Myths Every Professor Needs to Know
Myths can be harmful. Confronting neuromyths about learning will help educators pursue a primary mandate they share with doctors: do no harm
