Teaching & Learning Seminar 2010 – Assignments *

 

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Assignments**

 

1 - 1/15   Introduction, goals, scientific

             teaching                                           

 Scientific Teaching (ST=textbook): Forward, Preface, pp. 1-4, 47, 58; Wieman 2007; TP#659**, TP#760

2 – 1/22 Principles of learning and promising

  practices based on them

 ST pp.4-7; Learning and Understanding, Chap. 6;

   Wood 2009

3 – 1/28 Bloom’s taxonomy, learning goals,

  backward course design

 ST pp.10-18; T&A2**, LG website; Lord; (Freeman); (Crowe)

4 – 2/5 Misconceptions, transformative learning

 ST 29-30, T&A11, TP#759; Modell; Hamza;

    (Misconception videos); (Misconceptions)

5 – 2/12 Building assessments and rubrics

 

 ST pp.47-64; (Sundberg 2002), T&A8, T&A06F,

    Ebert-May 2003, Smith 2008, (Pre-Tests?)

 

6 – 2/19 Active and group learning:

            problem solving, strip sequences, etc.

ST pp.23-35; T&A3; Freeman; (Ebert-May);

    (Mazur); (Peer Instr. Ch.1, rsrv. shelf***);

       (K&W05)

7 – 2/26 More active learning activities:

  concept maps, solving content problem

  with JiTT, the “inverted classroom”

ST pp.36-38; 39-45; T&A5, (Novak article, Novak book, reserve shelf***), Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT); (Inverted classroom) 

8 – 3/5 Teaching with technology: clicker

 questions, simulations, video games

 

 

9 – 3/12 Case-based, problem-based teaching

           

(Beatty), Beatty summary, (Smith et al.);  Mayo,

    PhET Simulations, Molecular Workbench, Genetics, Meiosis

    Immune Attack game,  (Ubiquitous Presenter)

 

ST 38-39, T&A4, more problems, case-study teaching 

10 – 3/19 Uncooking student labs

Vokmann, DiPasquale, America’s Lab Report (rsrv. shelf***)

PHIRE

11 – 4/2 Teaching to diversity

ST pp.7-10, 65-82(skim), T&A9, Questionnaire,

    Strategies, Prensky, (Felder), (T&A07W); (VARK), (Project Implicit)(whysofew)(MathAnxiety)(Boys)

12 – 4/9 Resistance to research-based

  improvement of teaching and ways around it

ST 101-106, TP#760Silverthorn, Henderson,  (Wieman)

13 – 4/16 Bio2010: teaching quantitative

  skills to biology students

 Bio2010 exec. summary (rsrv. shelf***), Labov, Bialek&Botstein, Gross Modules, Math in Bio PoV,  

14 – 4/23 Group presentations of projects

See ST 83-99 (Chapter 5); Rubric 

15 – 4/30 Group presentations of projects

 

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      ** See Reading List link for explanations.

*** In BW outer office, B345, to left of door as you enter.
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