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+ | ======AY 300 - Fall 2010: Weekly Assignments ====== | ||
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+ | - Make an account on the BadGrads website. | ||
+ | - Look at sample syllabi on this page and draft a syllabus for your section (we will be happy to look them over after Day 2). | ||
+ | - Draft (at least a skeleton) lesson plan for your first-day. Think about introductory materials/ | ||
+ | * Based on today, you should be ready to put together at least the intro and icebreaker, but jot down some ideas for the rest. | ||
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+ | - Start keeping a teaching log. | ||
+ | - Read “Collaborative Learning 101”, distributed in class. //At least skim// pp. 7-12 (" | ||
+ | * Be prepared to discuss next time. | ||
+ | * Consider the following questions in prep for the discussion (perhaps jot down a few notes): | ||
+ | * Are you convinced that collaborative learning is always superior to lecture learning? | ||
+ | * What kinds of further evidence would you like to see about the efficacy of collaborative learning? | ||
+ | * Do any of the guidelines in the second portion of the required reading seem especially appropriate or especially inappropriate to your section(s)? | ||
+ | * Do the claims in this article jibe with your experience leading section so far? | ||
+ | - In at least one paragraph, but not more than one page, answer the following questions: | ||
+ | * I bring to teaching a belief that ..... | ||
+ | * In the classroom I see myself as ..... | ||
+ | * I believe students are ..... | ||
+ | * I seek to foster in students ..... | ||
+ | * I think the role of discussion section is ..... | ||
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+ | You will share and discuss these responses in groups and with the class at the beginning of our next session. | ||
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+ | - Please read the awesome [[http:// | ||
+ | - Believe it or not, your first quizzes will be administered in 2 weeks (the week of the 20th). So we are asking you to **write at least one quiz question aimed at the AY 10 or AY 7 level (whichever you are teaching).** We will discuss these questions and question writing techniques in class on Monday. | ||
+ | - Lastly, we would like you to visit each others' | ||
+ | ====Assignment #4: assigned 9/13, due 9/20==== | ||
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+ | * Visit another GSI's section, fill out the [[peer_visitation_assignment|evaluation form]], and meet with that GSI to discuss their section. Bring the form to class next week to be discussed and collected. | ||
+ | * Choose groups of 3/4 for the [[demo_project|design-a-demo]] project. Fill out the table on that page. | ||
+ | * There are three readings from Barbara Davis' | ||
+ | - Read the ideas from your assigned subsection. | ||
+ | - Pick out one or two ideas that you think are the most important. You will summarize these ideas to the class next week. | ||
+ | - Write in a short paragraph how you would implement these ideas in your section. These paragraphs will be collected and commented upon. | ||
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+ | Here are the reading assignments: | ||
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+ | * Marin - //Starting a Discussion// | ||
+ | * Katie - //Guiding the Discussion// | ||
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+ | For {{: | ||
+ | * Francesca - //General Strategies// | ||
+ | * Garrett - // | ||
+ | * Tim - //Keeping the Discussion Going// | ||
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+ | For {{: | ||
+ | * Casey - //Asking Questions General Strategies// | ||
+ | * Jonathan and Mike - //Levels and Types of Questions// (Both are important, each of you pick one) | ||
+ | * Jess, Iok, Allison - //Effective Questions// | ||
+ | * Michelle - // | ||
+ | * Rachel - //Fielding Students' | ||
+ | * Josh - //Answering Routine Questions// | ||
+ | * Aaron - //Handling Difficult Questions and Questioners// | ||
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+ | ====Assignment #5: assigned 9/23, due 9/27==== | ||
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+ | - Next week, we will discuss how to write good exam questions. In preparation, | ||
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+ | - An **optional** reading that's relevant to the writing assignment is in // | ||
+ | * Chapter 7: Strategies for Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Test Items | ||
+ | * Chapter 8: Alternatives to Multiple-Choice Tests (especially pages 71-77, 82-84) | ||
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+ | - Some other optional readings: | ||
+ | * Chapter 8. Testing: The Details from McKeachie' | ||
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+ | ====Assignment #6: assigned 9/30, due 10/04==== | ||
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+ | We will be checking your teaching logs next week. So bring them to class! | ||
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+ | In preparation for the discussion on collaborative learning next week, you will read an article from the pedagogy literature. There are two articles, and each of you will be responsible for reading one of them. Make notes on what was important and worth sharing. If your paper is a research project, what were the assumptions? | ||
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+ | * //Does active learning work? A review of the research//, by Michael Prince. {{: | ||
+ | - Francesca | ||
+ | - Tim | ||
+ | - Jonathan | ||
+ | - Jieun | ||
+ | - Iok | ||
+ | - Michelle | ||
+ | - Marin | ||
+ | - Robert | ||
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+ | * //A national study assessing the teaching and learning of introductory astronomy. Part I. The effect of interactive instruction//, | ||
+ | - Garrett | ||
+ | - Casey | ||
+ | - Mike | ||
+ | - Jess | ||
+ | - Rachel | ||
+ | - Allison | ||
+ | - Katie | ||
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+ | * Also read your assigned collaborative learning technique from Chapter 7 of // | ||
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+ | * {{: | ||
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+ | * Think Pair Share | ||
+ | - Francesca | ||
+ | - Marin | ||
+ | - Rachel | ||
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+ | * Round Robin | ||
+ | - Tim | ||
+ | - Robert | ||
+ | - Allison | ||
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+ | * Buzz Groups | ||
+ | - Jonathan | ||
+ | - Garrett | ||
+ | - Katie | ||
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+ | * Talking Chips | ||
+ | - Jieun | ||
+ | - Casey | ||
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+ | * Three-Step Interview | ||
+ | - Iok | ||
+ | - Mike | ||
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+ | * Critical Debates | ||
+ | - Michelle | ||
+ | - Jess | ||
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+ | * Optional: Collaborative Learning Techniques, Chapter 1 (only from page 14 on; begin at "What is the evidence that collaborative learning promotes and improves learning?" | ||
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+ | Optional Readings and copies of handouts: | ||
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+ | * Bloom' | ||
+ | * "Good Designs for Written Feedback for Students", | ||
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+ | ====Assignment #7: assigned 10/08, due (Wed) 10/13==== | ||
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+ | * Taping of sections will come sometime in the next ~ 3 weeks, so be prepared for Aaron or I to hang out with you and your students for an hour! | ||
+ | * Design-a-Demo final presentations will be pushed back one week for everyone. So they won't start next week. | ||
+ | * Please fill out the AY 300 Mid-Semester Evaluation and put it in either Josh's or Aaron' | ||
+ | * Next week we will be talking about writing your own mid-semester evaluations. As your HOMEWORK, look at examples on the EBRB and our Ay300 evaluation and write a skeleton draft of your own mid-semester evaluation to give to your discussion sections. After talking about them in class on Wednesday, we will have some time for you to collaborate with each other to perfect your own evaluations. |