Rod Hetzel wrote:
>
>What has been successful for me this semester is assigning discussion
>questions for each class. This means the students are more likely to
>read the material before class and come to class with a basic grasp of
>the material...
>
Like some others, I choose not to provide notes because I want the
students to be engaged in making
their own record of the class session. One technique that seems to work
in discussion classes is to
provide a set of discussion questions on my web site. Students must do
the reading and prepare
typed responses to these questions. In class, they can refer to them
for discussion purposes and
even add to them as new points are raised. At the end of class, they
must turn them in. I scan them for
completeness and check them as "done" in my gradebook (no actual grading
involved). They are
returned the next meeting
The result is that students come prepared for class. They cannot
"cheat" by trying to prepare these
notes during class because the notes must be typed in advance. I have
had success using this technique
in our senior seminar (history of psyc).
--Dave
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Department of Psychology Phone: 707-826-3721
Humboldt State University FAX: 707-826-4993
Arcata, CA 95521-8299 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm
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