Category Archives: The Experiment

My students did fine on the first exam. They scored a bit lower than last year’s group (2 questions on a 30 question exam), but roughly the same as two years ago. Fall 03 77% Fall 04 83% Fall 05 … Continue reading →

When I posted reviewing the second meta activity, I noted that seven students who had completed the first meta had not turned in the second. Since I was curious, I emailed each of them and asked. I’ve summarized the results … Continue reading →

Today is the first exam, the first opportunity to really see if the students are learning. This morning when I checked my email I found that 4 students had done 13 interactive quizzes last night. I my view, the quizzes … Continue reading →

The class before the first exam I set aside for three things: reviewing for the exam as I typically do, reviewing Meta 2 and reviewing Meta 3. I’ve already discussed the Meta reviews so here I want make some other … Continue reading →

We ran into administrative calendar problems for this assignment. We completed the topic on Friday; Monday we planned to review for the first exam; and the exam itself was scheduled for Wednesday. As a consequence, I told the students that … Continue reading →

Over the weekend, I processed the second set of metacognitive activities. First, the statistics: A couple of students fewer did the interactive quizzes this time, but the difference is not large enough to draw any conclusions. (Two students fewer completed … Continue reading →

I feel like I haven’t really posted in a long while. As we’ve gotten into the semester, I’ve become buried in work, so that it’s become hard to remember the big picture. It feels like the difference between war plans … Continue reading →

This week I discovered one benefit to this experiment. In planning for my course this semester, I’ve spent a lot of effort reducing what I “cover” in class. This week I had the opportunity to add some material that I … Continue reading →

Class didn’t work out like I planned today. It wasn’t a disaster; it just could have been better on a couple of fronts. I was introducing the students to comparative economic systems, in other words, alternative ways for a society … Continue reading →

A lot happened last week, and in the end, it was mostly good. I decided to wait on changing the deadlines for the on-line quizzes. By the end of the week roughly half the students had taken the quizzes, 25 … Continue reading →