Please note that 30% of your grade will be based on class participation. The class is a walkthrough of many issues related to Internet regulation, structured as class discussions of readings by many ...

I read with interest Anna Broadbent’s essay on the benefits and pitfalls of class participation grades. From my perch as a provost, former dean and former department chair, I find that the grade for ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a professor who changed his approach to class participation because he found the traditional model arbitrary. Is the number of times you talk in class really a fair ...

I describe one professor’s new approach to grading participation. I ask you to tell us how it’s going so far this semester. I share articles and opinion pieces on teaching you may have missed. Mark ...

In their course syllabi, many psychology professors grade students on one other thing besides their performance on quizzes, examinations, papers, and similar assessment instruments—that thing is class ...

Raise your hand in a classroom with 70 students and chances are you will not get called on. Raise your hand in a seminar with 15 students and chances are much better that you'll get called on. So if I ...

The class is a walkthrough of many issues related to Internet regulation, structured as class discussions of readings by many of the big thinkers in this space. In order for these to be informed ...