Learning Made Easier

Academic dishonesty takes many forms these days – so many, in fact, that it’s hard for students to know what’s dishonest and what’s not. It’s also getting harder for teachers to teach students what’s cheating and what’s not, and there are multiple reasons for this. In this episode, Adam and Dinur go over the main forms of cheating seen in college, the reasons it happens, and how to make cheating less appealing and less likely in the future.

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Standards-based grading addresses the issues of meaningful grading, student stress and student motivation. But many teachers don’t know where to start. Join Dinur and Adam as we go over the basics of standards-based grading.

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Teachers, have you ever wondered why “just do it” doesn’t work for most of your students? Students, ever struggle with trying to get work done on your own? In this episode, Adam and Dinur discuss how Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies can help teachers teach and learners learn more effectively!

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You’ve gotten a prompt for a term paper, or an essay question on an exam. How do you answer the question effectively? Join Dinur and Adam for Dinur’s sports metaphor “Writing as Football,” to learn how to set up, write, and complete these kinds of assignments!

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A lot of research has been done on student-athletes – most recently, Dinur’s new book, Sports, Study, or Sleep. In this episode, Adam and Dinur talk about how the perceptions of, and support for, student-athletes has changed over time, and what more needs to be done for this specific student population.

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You’ve thought about this, and have decided that you want to go for a degree after your bachelors’. You’re thinking of grad school for a Masters and/or PhD, a law degree, a medical degree, or a business degree. How do you help your chances of getting into the program you want? Join Dinur and Adam as we discuss picking a program, picking a place to live, how to shift your focus from undergrad grades to graduate work, and much more!

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You’re a college student, but primarily have to take night classes, or can only go to classes on specific days, and you’re worried. You work full time but want to keep your grades high, but you’re worried that working full-time is stigmatizing somehow. Join Adam and Dinur as we discuss how teachers perceive students who have to work full-time during school.

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You’ve assigned a group project, and for weeks, no one reports a problem. But at some point in the middle or late in the term, as the deadline approaches, you start getting bombarded by questions and complaints (and denials) about their peers. Join Dinur and Adam as they talk about how to handle the dreaded group project conflict. 

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Worrying about things going wrong is a common stressor – not just for students, but for teachers. But if we allow that worry to take over our brains, nothing productive happens, right? In this episode, Adam and Dinur describe some tools for short-circuiting that constant worry problem.

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In this guest episode, Dinur and Adam are talking with Megan O’Connor, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kaplan Test Prep, about the importance of experiential learning and how college students can actually be prepared for the modern workforce.

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Find Megan on Twitter at @MeganMOConnor