MAGNA 20-MINUTE MENTORS
Maryellen Weimer
Maryellen Weimer is a professor emerita of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks and won Penn State's Milton S. Eisenhower award for distinguished teaching in 2005. Weimer has consulted with more than 600 colleges and universities on instructional issues and regularly keynotes national meetings and regional conferences.
Weimer has edited The Teaching Professor newsletter since 1987 and writes the Teaching Professor Blog. A distinguished scholar and author, Dr. Weimers books include Inspired College Teaching: A Career-Long Resource for Professional Growth (Jossey-Bass, 2010), Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning Professional Literature that Makes a Difference (Jossey-Bass, 2006), and Improving Your Classroom Teaching (Sage Publications, 1993). Her Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice, 2nd ed. (Jossey-Bass, 2013) remains one of the most influential books for educators looking to adopt a learner-centered approach in their classrooms.
Updated 05-27-2017
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Classroom Climate, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Should I Respond to Wrong (or Not Very Good) Answers?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- The stakes are high when an instructor responds to a student answer that is wrong or just not very good. What a teacher says to a student will influence future class participation and discussions. To increase the chances of student participation, it helps to have a repertoire of strategies to employ. We introduce you to 13 possible strategies and responses that you can use when a student has provided an answer that is wrong or not very good.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Even though many faculty members routinely spell out course requirements in syllabi and give announcements and reminders, students continue to come to class unprepared. We provide several dynamic strategies that you can use to help students learn the value of reading.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Do I Get More Students to Participate in Class?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- A limited number of students make the majority of contributions in your classroom today. Although getting more students to participate is challenging, the good news is that it can be done, and it doesn't have to involve such tactics as cold calling on students or resorting to a points system. We describe 18 strategies that work and show how to get students to participate in class.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- In this 20-minute session, you'll come away with expert strategies from a world-renowned teaching and learning specialist that will move students toward becoming effective learners with integrity, allowing them to pursue understanding, learn from failures, and continue learning for life.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can Talking through Course Evaluations Improve My Teaching?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- This program explores three conversations faculty might have when discussing course evaluation results—the conversation with ones self about negative feedback, the conversation with an academic leader about evaluations, and the conversation with students about course ratings.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Active and Engaged Students, Faculty, Magna All Access
What are Five Methods that Help Students Become More Effective Learners?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- In this mentor, come away with expert strategies from a world-renowned teaching and learning specialist that will move your students toward becoming effective learners, allowing them to pursue understanding, learn from failures, and continue learning for life.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Course Delivery and Instruction, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can I Teach Routine Courses with Energy and Enthusiasm?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- This presentation equips you with an enlightened understanding of where you are as a teacher, where you want to go, and how to get there. You'll see how to work around your weaknesses and maybe even accept things you cant change. You'll develop different strategies to keep your teaching engaging through midcareer.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can I Move My Teaching Forward at Midcareer?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Teachers will learn how to keep themselves present—when they go to class tomorrow and for the balance of their careers—by following the presenters down-to-earth diagnosis of the problem and prescription for solutions.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Faculty, Magna All Access, Personal Development
How Can I Gain Valuable Insight from Course Evaluations?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Gain multiple tools and school-tested advice for making course evaluations more accurate and informative for faculty members, as well as tips for generating useful feedback from students.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
How Can Grading Policy Options Influence Student Learning?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Learn the positive results—empowering students, motivating them, increasing their engagement, achieving better learning outcomes—that can be realized through strategic decisions you make about your grading policies.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
What Ethical Issues Lurk in My Grading Policy?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Assess your current grading practices to ensure they are grounded in fairness and objectivity. Learn about the checks and balances you can apply to your grading policies to ensure they conform to your ethical standards.
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- 20-Minute Mentors, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Faculty, Magna All Access
What Is Essential in a Grading Policy?
- $19.00 – $399.00
- Learn the merits of absolute grading versus grading on a curve, the pluses and minuses of letter-based and point-based grading, and whether—and how—to properly weight assignments across a semester.
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