If you would like to prepare for the visit of Dr. Rebecca Cox on April 15, I encourage you to read her informative but concise book The College Fear Factor: how students and professors misunderstand one another. CTLE has a copy to loan or you can purchase one from the B&N Bookstore on campus by contacting Brian Esquivel (email: sm250@bncollege.com or x8342). There will be book signing opportunities throughout her visit. Tameka Bannarbie with the University Press did a nice job covering the Bob Noyd workshops in her article. The pictures with the story illustrate Dr. Noyd's active teaching approach as well. Are you struggling to give your students the best written assessment feedback? Agnes M. Rae and David K. Cochrane offer help in their article and note that one aspect of their findings, feed-forward assessment, has been found to be highly significant in
relation to supporting learning from assessment. Feed-forward can be adopted as a teaching and learning strategy to improve each student’s capacity to understand what and how they learn, and to encourage lifelong learning. Anushka Mohideen shares her thoughts about being a new college student. You will recognize many of her concerns in your own students.