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Welcome to the TASC Instructional Point blog for the faculty, instructors, and TA’s at the University of Kentucky.  The purpose of this blog is to provide you the opportunity to view previous TASC Instructional Points (T.I.P.s) and to ask questions, seek additional input, or offer comments about the posted T.I.P.s.  The overall endeavor is to make the process of reading the T.I.P.s more interactive and engaging. 

The T.I.P. categories are listed on the right side of the page and include: Course Reflection, Curriculum Development, Dealing with Classroom Issues, Exams, Instruction, Lessons, and Students.  Within these categories are the individual T.I.P.s.  As new T.I.P.s are developed they will either be added to the existing categories or new categories will be developed.

In order to help you find out if a category or T.I.P. is interesting, please hold your desktop icon over the item.  A small balloon, or pop-up, will appear and provide a 1 to 2 sentence summary.  If the T.I.P. is interesting, click on the hyperlink and read the complete file.  If you have a question or comment please feel free to do so by clicking on the comments hyperlink at the bottom of the page.

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Per certain institutional stipulations, the entries on this blog do not represent the viewpoints nor interests of the University of Kentucky.