Although the course syllabus is often overlooked or undervalued as the first form of
communication between students and their instructors, it plays an important role for both. For …

Classroom climate is a broad construct, made up of students' feelings about their instructor
and peers. Although there is a plethora of research on the effects of classroom climate on …

Discusses the creation of a positive classroom climate, examines four dimensions of
classroom climate (physical, academic, organizational, and social-emotional), and reviews …

Classroom atmosphere is a vital component of teaching and learning that helps establish
and maintain rapport between teacher and students, build motivation and confidence among …

It is not uncommon for students to complain that faculty are unapproachable, while faculty
complain that students are not engaged. Such perceptions, especially when formed at the …

Before receiving their introductory psychology syllabus, and again at the endofthesemester,
863 students rated how much they would attend to 29 syllabus items. Dates of exams and …

Abstract 207 undergraduates and graduate students completed a survey to identify
characteristics that they believed would promote positive classroom climate. Ss rated …

Active learning strategies engage students and promote student-centered learning
environments. Implementing active learning in a HyFlex environment during the Fall of 2020 …

Educators often speak of a classroom's environment, climate, ambience, tone, atmosphere,
or ethos and consider it to be important and influential. Although the notion of classroom …