Course climate encompasses such elements as the nature and quality of student-faculty and student-student interaction, the tone instructors set, course demographics, and the range of voices and perspectives represented in the content and materials. Such climate-related factors have been shown to affect—positively or negatively—students’ learning, as well as their overall experience in a course. What sorts of classroom practices have you adopted to create a maximally inclusive environment for students? What approaches have you tried for mitigating students’ loss of cognitive or emotional “bandwidth” or to avoid triggering stereotype threat? Can you share an intervention you’ve tried that promotes a growth mindset in students and/or improves their sense of self-efficacy? How do you write your syllabus or conduct your first few days of class to establish a welcoming environment and help students to perceive you as approachable? What sorts of ground rules do you set for discussions and classroom interaction to ensure that it is civil, constructive, and motivating to all students?

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