Early in the semester I stated: Thankfully, none of my classes have what I consider to be too many students. I was surprised recently to hear somebody complain about having 27 students instead of the expected 22. I realize that, for a class of that size, five students is a 23% increase, but I cannot [...]
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Class Size Update
Posted in Teaching Tricks, Tracking the Transition, tagged Class Participation, Class Size, Transition to Assistant Professor on October 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Student Reading Attempt #1: Daily Quizzes
Posted in Teaching Tricks, tagged Daily Quizzes, Student Participation, Student Preparation, Teaching, The Illusion of Student Reading on October 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
During my time teaching college students I have tried a number of ideas to encourage students to complete the class reading assignments. This semester is different only because I wrote a rant about the need for professors to hold students accountable for coming to class prepared. Toward that end, I have given the students in [...]
S(peak)TFU, Students!
Posted in Teaching Tricks, Tracking the Transition, tagged Class Participation, Speak Up, STFU, Student Participation, Think Pair Share on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Since I took it upon myself to school my freshmen students to the fact that students who talk in class at a private college are wasting a lot of money, student behavior has greatly improved. Sure, students still occasionally talk to each other during class, but these sidebar conversations are much shorter, quieter, and less [...]
A New College Professor on TV
Posted in Teaching Tricks, TV Time, Uncategorized on October 8, 2009 |
I’ve noted before that How I Met Your Mother is one of my favorite comedies, but the beginning of this season has been even better thanks to Ted’s experiences teaching architecture to college students. Full episodes are available online for your time-wasting pleasure, but here are a few clips that provide a taste of what [...]
The First Semester: Division of Labor
Posted in Teaching Tricks, Tracking the Transition, tagged Assistant Professor, Division of Labor, Drowning in Teaching, First Semester, Pitse1eh, Research, Teaching on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pitse1eh’s post the other day about drowning in teaching as a first-semester assistant professor got me thinking about my own division of labor (or lack thereof). She wrote: I’m drowning. I really am. I find myself wondering if I worked all those long years just to get a job that I don’t even like. I [...]
MWF
Posted in Teaching Tricks, Tracking the Transition, tagged Monday Wednesday Friday Classes, MWF, New Preps on October 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I like the idea of Monday-Wednesday-Friday courses. Three 50-minute class sessions each week can help prevent students from getting bored in class. These short sessions are also more easily filled with a class exercise or discussion, allowing me to cover fewer topics in more depth. Until the beginning of this semester, I had never taught [...]
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