PENNY Redshaw spreads messages of encouragement and hope around the globe week in, week out via her hand-drawn alter ego, Motivating Giraffe. “I got a message from a hostess from Malaysian Airlines ...

The students in my first-year seminar—“How to Think Like a Psychologist”—have submitted seven “Proof-of-Thinking” (POT) papers so far this semester. And we’ve all been struggling—in really good ways.