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View article: SHOWCASE: Mason Instructor Resource Fair and Teaching Showcase (90 mins)
SHOWCASE: Mason Instructor Resource Fair and Teaching Showcase (90 mins) Open
Mason has a wealth of resources that can help your students reach your course goals, such as the library, Writing Center, Communications Center, Data Services Center, Office of Academic Integrity, Center for the Advancement of Well-being, …
View article: Using Mindfulness, Core Values, And Interdisciplinary Conversation To Develop Critical And Creative Thinking
Using Mindfulness, Core Values, And Interdisciplinary Conversation To Develop Critical And Creative Thinking Open
Location: JC Room A In our current culture of speed and obsession with the new, it is easy to lose sight of what's really important. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote of this half a century ago: The stability of the large world house which is…
View article: Incorporating Meditation into Learning
Incorporating Meditation into Learning Open
Meditation has been found to have many beneficial effects on learning: increasing attention, cognition, and empathy; reducing stress and anxiety; strengthening metacognition; and relaxing judgmental thoughts, which can improve resilience a…
View article: Structuring Reading/Writing Assignments to Improve Critical Thinking Skills
Structuring Reading/Writing Assignments to Improve Critical Thinking Skills Open
BRIEF SESSION DESCRIPTION: Conscious attention to reading improves all students’ comprehension of complex content and provides a strong basis for effective writing. Strategies developed at INTO Mason can be used to prepare students for mor…
View article: Reading and writing for complexity: Using key concepts and key terms to engage multilingual and other learners in scholarly conversations
Reading and writing for complexity: Using key concepts and key terms to engage multilingual and other learners in scholarly conversations Open
Mason faculty across the curriculum have expressed concern about their multilingual students’ ability to understand and engage with complex course content (Zawacki and Habib, 2014). This interactive session by composition and language facu…