Here is what I do. Every day, when students come into class, they pick up their index card. By picking it up, I know that they have attended class. When students participate, I give them a pen (I have a bunch of different colors so different colors for different days). They mark down a small bit about what they said. Students only get 1 participation per class to make sure everyone gets a chance. After a while, I let the pen float around the class. I ask questions and students must answer and that is how lecture rolls. I start out with points given for both right and wrong answers. The card allows the student to see how much they have participate.
I have had students give presentations but I have had several times in which wrong information was presented so I moved to this. Deb Deborah Briihl Dept of psych and counseling Valdosta state university [email protected] ,Sent from my iPad > On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Ken Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is my 3rd post of the day so I won't be able to reply publicly in the > near future. > > The class is supposed to be a senior capstone course and the enrollment is > capped at 20 students. The class size is one reason I thought I could get > away from the lecture format. > > One observation from last semester about students taking a History of Psych > course. My students seemed to focus on almost irrelevant details, like birth > and death dates, and seemed to miss the big picture, like why Piaget or Hull > think this approach is the important way to think about issues. Freud was a > complete disaster, with students wanting to memorize the age ranges of > psychosexual stages. > > A public thanks to all that have replied (or may reply in the near future). > > Ken > > PS - two short teaching tales for the non HoP people: > > 1. My second course in psychology as an undergrad was the senior-level H&S > course. (Obviously, I never met with an advisor.) My instructor didn't know > what was going on until I went to meet with him to discuss my paper project > and then it was past the drop date. I loved H&S because it was all about big > ideas, and their historical interrelationships. This carried over to the rest > of my education. I could see why there was a separate "cognition" and > "learning" course, and what this might mean about psychology. > > 2. Small courses invite different approaches. I remember an instructor who > was used to teach, by lecture, classes of 25-30 students. One semester, for > some reason, this instructor had about 5 registered students. Only 2 to 3 > students would actually show up for an individual class. I would see him > "lecturing" to 2 or 3 students in a 70-seat room. > > >> On 1/8/2015 12:40 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote: >> >> >> >> You don’t indicate the level of the class. I have been teaching >> it as one of our capstone courses for seniors. Therefore, YMMV. >> >> I do a strict discussion format. No lecture at all. I treat it as >> if all students have read before coming into the room and I raise >> questions about various historical turns, outside historical >> issues that may have influenced psychology, ask students to >> compare and contrast, etc. Students are graded daily for >> participation (though I’ll probably go for a weekly grade in the >> future to reduce my evaluation load and their stress). I am >> fortunate that the class is generally small (about 15 students). >> > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] > Professor > Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu > Appalachian State University > Boone, NC 28608 > USA > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bdea62&n=T&l=tips&o=41445 > or send a blank email to > leave-41445-13162.50de294b9d4987a3c89b4a5cc4bde...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=41446 or send a blank email to leave-41446-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
