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Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University
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Recommendation
Mary Wright always grounds her work in research, and this guide is no exception. She makes a strong case for adapting our office hour practices to a changing student body and for fostering meaningful student-teacher relationships.
Jack’s (2019, p. 83) study observes, “When professors mention office hours, often only on the first day of classes, they tell students when office hours are. They almost never say what they are.” Likewise, a study of over 600 undergraduates at one mid-Atlantic university found that when asked, “What would make you more likely to use office hours?” the most frequent suggestion (57%) is to indicate how, why, and when they should use the resource (Smith et al., 2017).
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