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Inspiring and Promoting Excellence in Teaching

The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) provides resources, workshops and one-on-one pedagogical support to Drexel University’s faculty and teaching assistants. We work with instructors across every school, college, and campus at Drexel.

Since our launch in 2019 over

1/3

of all faculty participated
in our workshops.

More than

50%

of participants have
attended multiple workshops.

Our resources were accessed

10,000

times by Drexel faculty,
graduate students and staff.

Shake up Your Exam Routine! Student-Centered Exam Enhancements

Maczynska,Magdalena

5/19/2023 1:01:47 PM

Exams are traditionally seen as high-stakes summative assessments designed to measure content mastery. But, with some creative tweaks, traditional exams can do double (or triple!) duty by engaging students in deeper metacognitive thinking about thei…

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Are We Bored Yet? Mix It up With a Mid-Term Attention Refresh!

Maczynska,Magdalena

4/18/2023 2:50:40 PM

In his book Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It (2020), James Lang reminds us that attention is not the default state of the human mind. On the contrary, attention should be thought of as an achievement: “the normal sta…

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