Blog Archives

Asset-based Approaches to Student Success

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Doug Holton

In past newsletters and workshops, I’ve shared evidence-based teaching strategies that have been shown to improve student learning, success, engagement, and career readiness: But none of those are effective if we or our students have a fixed mindset (belief that…

Tagged with: education, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, learning, retention, Student Success, teaching
Posted in Student Success

Teaching Tips: The First Major Exam or Assignment

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Doug Holton

I’ve earlier shared evidence-based teaching tips and resources for the critical first week of a course, including these resources: The next most critical period during the semester is the first major exam or assignment (such as a paper). This is…

Tagged with: education, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, learning, retention, Student Success, teaching, writing
Posted in Evidence-Based Pedagogy

Strategies to Help Struggling Students Turn It Around

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Doug Holton

Here are some techniques you can try mid-semester to help struggling students turn it around: Boost engagement and faculty-student interaction with some of these easy-to-use ideas to improve your students’ participation, attitude, and learning from EngageEngineering. There are ideas that…

Tagged with: advising, learning to learn, retention, Student Success
Posted in Student Success, teaching

Resources for Improving Student Success in College Math Courses

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Doug Holton

I posted some resources for improving student success in college math courses over on the POD list, copied below: I highly recommend this free ebook that MAA (mathematical association of america) put out last year: Instructional Practices Guide: Guide to…

Tagged with: adaptive learning, math, open textbooks, retention, Student Success
Posted in Educational Technology, Evidence-Based Pedagogy, Open Education

Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies in Canvas

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Doug Holton

I’ve shared a resource in Canvas Commons with some examples of brief, research-based teaching strategies implemented in Canvas, such as: transparent assignments, minute papers, values affirmation, social belonging, goal setting, student testimonials, nudges, discussion protocols, wrappers, and midterm student feedback. You can…