An ambitious class meeting schedule combined with competing demands on busy students' time may be keeping some from engaging in languages at Dartmouth, observes Professor Tania Convertini. A new hybrid model for Introductory Italian aims to offer more flexibility for students, and is discovering deeper levels of engagement in the process.
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A recent article from The Dartmouth explores new course COCO21: "What's In Your Shoebox," designed by Professors Francine A'Ness and Prudence Merton to help students reflect on experiences abroad while developing their intercultural sensitivity.
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This week, The Dartmouth reflects on student experiences in four experiential or applied college courses in which Dartmouth "serves as a laboratory for intellectual innovation."
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The Social Impact Practicum initiative weaves social impact into the classroom in what could quickly become a selling point for prospective and current students. Read more from The Dartmouth.
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Walk into most chemistry classes on the first day of term and you likely won’t hear about Hattie’s Barometer. One might wonder (and her students do) what it's doing in Dr. Cathy Welder’s first day of Organic Chemistry 2. The answer, says Welder, is metacognition.
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