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So, what are some strategies/assignments that you have found useful for
getting students to prepare for class?
Rory O'Brien McElwee
Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey
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I give a one essay question, five minute quiz on the chapter we are about to start.
They have the quiz questions in advance. They are the learning objectives for the
chapter. So they have about 20 questions, one of which will be the quiz question. The
quizzes count for 20% of their letter grade
Welcome Back Rory!
Here's an idea from TIPS...but I can't remember the originator of the
idea...maybe the originator will step forward and claim this idea:
Assign a reading to be discussed in a future class. Tell students that
they will need to bring notes on the reading to that particular cla
You know, the truth is that you can't prepare students for class. This is
another way of saying you're doing something to them. It's an illusion to
think that you can control them. It's that adage about leading a horse to
water. To think that we can "force them to drink," is setting ourselves
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nks,
Carol
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Subject: Re: getting students to prepare for class
You know, the truth is that you can't prepare students for class. This is
I've started using what I call "reading comments". Every other day, they
need to send me an e-mail that tells me what they found most clear and
least clear in that day's reading. The comments have to come before the
current day's reading. So, for example, we have already had class today,
so they ne
Although it is unpopular, I have used quizzes over the reading material. I pass
out the quizzes BEFORE I begin the class session over some topic area. I then
toss the few lowest grades so I end up with only 10 in the end towards the
grade; also if a student misses one or two, those are the dropp
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Subject: Re: getting students to prepare for class
Although it is unpopular, I have used quizze
Got a question about all this "getting." Why are you bothering
with all this getting students to prepare?
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmierwww.therandomthoughts.com
Department of History
Hi
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Louis_Schmier wrote:
> Got a question about all this "getting." Why are you bothering
> with all this getting students to prepare?
Although I don't actually agree with many of the suggestions to
"require" students to do things to prepare for class (they're
adults and can
Yes, it is true that they get more out of class if they prepare. However, students who are well-prepared for class also contribute to OTHER STUDENT'S learning much more, while those who are unprepared can impede it. When I have students work collaboratively in class, students who have not read the
Jim, I agree with you, although I don't agree with the "students are
adults" perspective. I think my question was clumsy. I should have used
the word, as you did, "require," rather than want. It just seems to me
that such requirements usually don't work. That is, the students focus is
far more o
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