by Jared Asser, History History is an interpretive discipline, and this is its strength. Except in the most banal of cases, there is no single “right” answer to any historical problem, and two historians can approach the same documents and leave with different a understanding of their significance. A historian’s interpretation is influenced by their…
by Jenna Wilson, Chemistry Time management is something that I, and many other students, either struggle, or have struggled, with. In fact, I, and many other instructors, have seen that procrastination is something like a plague upon our students. Whenever I go in to read my students’ papers, over half of papers were turned in…
by Hu Zhiwen I have taught several literature courses in which writing is a very important part. Students are required to do various kinds of writing assignments. When designing these assignments, I always stick to a principle: ideas come first in writing. I have been teaching English writing to Chinese students back in China. These…
by Adam Kazmi, Anthropology Why should we care about how well our undergraduate students can write, so long as they know the material? Ultimately, this question can be quite problematic for many teachers to answer, especially in fields that prioritize writing forms such as articles, reports, and memos. It is difficult enough for professors and…