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NISOD Innovation Abstracts, Vol. XXVI, No. 24


In "My, What Critical Thinking Skills You Have!": A Party Approach to College Student Engagement," Audrey Herbrich, English instructor, and Roert Parr, mathematics instructor, at Blinn College (TX), describe an unusual strategy for engaging students in solving problems. Problems encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity; they generate interest in upcoming topics, add special extra-credit bonuses to exams, and smooth transitions from classroom to lab settings. Both regular and online classes benefit from this "party" approach to problem solving.

 
Make plans now to attend the 27th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, May 29-June 1, 2005, in Austin, Texas.

Register online at https://www.nisod.org.
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Call for Proposals Deadline: December 15, 2004
NISOD celebrates teaching and leadership excellence by inviting proposals from college faculty and staff, presidents, and other key administrators including deans, department chairs, and college teams.

Go to https://www.nisod.org/conference.
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Reminder
NISOD members now have  the ability to search and download three years' worth of Innovation Abstracts online! Go to https://www.nisod.org for more information.

Richard Degus
Executive Assistant to the President
10/27/2004