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| - Group work dynamics can greatly impact how well your learning objectives are met. Be aware of your group work dynamics and how the types of activities you use influence your learning environment. | - Group work dynamics can greatly impact how well your learning objectives are met. Be aware of your group work dynamics and how the types of activities you use influence your learning environment. | ||
| - | =====Section Recap (10 minutes)===== | + | =====Section Recap (15 minutes)===== |
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| - | Shortened recap this week. Lots to do. | + | |
| Open the floor up for general questions and sharing about how sections are going. Some questions include: | Open the floor up for general questions and sharing about how sections are going. Some questions include: | ||
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| * If you give individual student worksheets, make questions more open-ended, require finding an optimal way of solving a problem, etc. Try to ask questions in a way that encourages them to talk to each other, exchange ideas. | * If you give individual student worksheets, make questions more open-ended, require finding an optimal way of solving a problem, etc. Try to ask questions in a way that encourages them to talk to each other, exchange ideas. | ||
| - | ===== Midsemester Evals (15 min) ===== | + | ===== Midsemester Evals (20 min) ===== |
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| * There is a department wide, official end of semester eval, but by then it's too late to fix things for your current students. | * There is a department wide, official end of semester eval, but by then it's too late to fix things for your current students. | ||
| * The point of student feedback at mid-semester is to allow you to adjust your section and teaching style as necessary to match your current students' | * The point of student feedback at mid-semester is to allow you to adjust your section and teaching style as necessary to match your current students' | ||
| - | * However, take the responses with a grain of salt; Ay 10 student | + | * However, take the responses with a grain of salt; Ay 10 students |
| * Mid-semester eval basics | * Mid-semester eval basics | ||
| * They should be done about half-way through the semester (try to avoid right before or after an exam -- this usually skews your results!); halfway through the semester is one week from today. | * They should be done about half-way through the semester (try to avoid right before or after an exam -- this usually skews your results!); halfway through the semester is one week from today. | ||
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| - | ===== Board Work (50 min) ===== | + | ===== Board Work (rest of time) ===== |
| Start by reminding the students the point of this exercise: | Start by reminding the students the point of this exercise: | ||
