Practice Tips from Faculty

Contributed by Steven Markoff, Instructional Specialist, Department of Accounting, Law, and Taxation

My course is built on this, starting with pre-course contacts a long time in advance of the course. Not only does the quality of the learning improve, but other areas as well.

In his newly published book, Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty, James Lang provides evidence that the quality of the teacher-student relationships has a significant effect on this area as well, which is of great concern to many.

Quality interpersonal relationships also seem to solve, at least for me, many of the most pressing problems that teachers say they face in the class, such getting students to read the book and to prepare for class. I spend extensive time talking about this in my Influencing Student Behavior presentation.

Thanks for bringing this to the faculty attention.