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Shane Graber
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A webinar said, "A strategy for avoiding repeating some of the above mistakes is to make notes about how a lecture, demonstration, or activity worked for you.” I think it would be helpful for new instructors to note that a lecture that bombs in one class might get a standing ovation in another. Try it out on a few classes before tossing it away.
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“A strategy for avoiding repeating some of the above mistakes is to make notes about how a lecture, demonstration, or activity worked for you.†I think it would be helpful for new instructors to know that a lecture that bombs in one class might get a standing ovation in another. Don't just throw out a lesson plan because it didn't go so well with one class. Try it out on a couple.
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Under the “Managing Student Behavior†module, the angry student section says that “hostile and angry students will almost exclusively be male.†I would really like to see this wording changed. I don’t have qualms because I’m offended as a male. But I work at a school with about 95 percent females, and they make up 100 percent of the “angry†students. I think the current wording can be a disservice to beginning instructors. Having read this, they could be caught off guard when that first “angry†student turns out to be a female. Any chance you can make the change… >>>
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You write, “If you are giving your students options, make sure you spell out these options as clearly as possible.†I want students to learn to be enterprising and self-reliant, so I will purposely leave some assignments open to interpretation. Also, regarding late work, you mention to students, “You will be reminded of these due dates throughout the course.†I don’t do that because I want them to learn to follow the syllabus themselves. Do you see any value in my approaches?
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