Teaching Logs
Below are the weekly prompts for your teaching logs. In general all teaching logs should have a brief summary of what was covered in section and comments on whether things went according to plan. In addition, each week will have specific topics to write about. A typical teaching log entry need not be longer than a page, but should be substantive (i.e., a few sentences will not suffice). The instructors will check your logs from time to time.
| Week of | Topic To Think About | Log Prompt |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | New experiences | Congrats on having your first astro discussion sections. How did they go? Give a brief recap of your lesson plan (or attach a lesson plan into your physical log) and comment on each section. Did it go as planned? Did it take longer or shorter than you anticipated? How did you feel afterwards? |
| Sep 3 | Effective Group Work | You were asked to pick one group work activity that was discussed on Day 3 and implement it in your section this week. In your log, after recapping section, write about the group activity. How did you introduce the activity? What did you see when students were working (mention at least one good and bad)? Anything unexpected happen? How did you assess whether the activity was a success? What would you do different if you were to use the activity again? |
| Sep 10 | Effective Group Work… takes work | In your log, after recapping section, write about the activity you implemented this week. How did you introduce the activity? What did you see when students were working (mention at least one good and bad)? Anything unexpected happen? How did you assess whether the activity was a success? What would you do different if you were to use the activity again? |
| Sep 17 | Keeping your class invested | If you did a demo in class this week, how did your section respond? Did you change how you implemented your class activity/worksheet? How did students respond? Did they seem engaged? How did you adjust to accommodate students who were slow to grasp concepts or were much faster to get them than the rest of the class? |
| Sep 24 | Free form | Summarize your section and comment on anything that went particularly well, bad, unexpected. |
| Oct 1 | Ay10/7a Students Think Differently Than We Do | Pick a moment from one of your sections over the past week or so where a student asked an unexpected question, that is, a question you did not anticipate students having. What do you think was the source of confusion? (e.g., Prior knowledge and misconceptions, or something you said that wasn't clear?) How did you handle the situation? Did you take the time to see if others in the class had a similar misunderstanding? How would you change your discussion of the subject material in the future to avoid this question from arising (if the confusion could have stemmed from your explanation)? |
| Oct 8 | Free form | Summarize your section and comment on anything that went particularly well, bad, unexpected. |
| Oct 15 | Free form | Summarize your section and comment on anything that went particularly well, bad, unexpected. |
| Oct 22 | Free form | Summarize your section and comment on anything that went particularly well, bad, unexpected. |
