Hi Rod, The question assignment is worth 10% of the course grade. I award up to 10 points (for each complete assignment of 4 questions) based on depth and application, and if the questions are only content based then I award zero points and have the student rewrite and resubmit the questions. The questions are due by the start of class, either through e-mail or when students walk in the door. Either I read through the questions immediately and pull a few for use during class, or when time is short I ask students to pose favorite questions during the session as we cover that topic. Our very small class size, currently 14, makes this possible - I would have to find a different approach for a large class.
On the first day of class I discuss my expectations for the assignment and in the course guide provide examples of questions that would earn full, partial, and zero points. As we go through questions in each class session I try to point out the merits of the "best" questions. When I first used the assignment I would distribute a specific guide with example question stems such as "What are the strengths and weaknesses of . . . " but students were doing what you suggested earlier and merely plopping section headings into the question stems. So I did away with the stem guide and went to providing a few samples and that seems to be working better. Regards, Melanie __________________________________________________________ Melanie Macoy Baak Department of Psychology Webster University Boommarkt 1 2311 EA Leiden The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 715144341 Fax: +31 (0) 715121241 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How many points do you award for the three critical thinking questions they generate? Do you give them any criteria for how you assign the points? Did they turn in the questions to you at the beginning of the class session or before? How do you use these questions during your presentation of the material? Sorry for all the specific questions, but I'm really trying to consider the logistics of how this could be implemented! Thanks! Rod ______________________________________________ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Heath-Hardwick Hall 115 Phone: 903-233-3312 Fax: 903-233-3246 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
