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Faculty retreat: Being a better teacher

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Being a better teacher Lee S. Shulman, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Learning, was the keynote speaker at the annual Faculty Retreat on Active Learning held Jan. 27 at Levis Faculty Center. Several Carnegie Scholars spoke on topics relevant to the theme of “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.” Illinois faculty presenters were Phil Buriak, agricultural engineering, “Your Classroom as Your Laboratory”; Brian Gaines, political science, “Detecting and Discouraging Plagiarism”; and Ruth Yontz, business administration, “Teachers’ Feedback on Students’ Written Work: What’s Helpful.”

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