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Category Archives: The Experiment
A Mid-Course Correction?
Based on last week’s interactive quizzes, I think that it makes a lot more sense for students to read the text chapters before we address the material in class than after. Even though most students were reading last week, only … Continue reading
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Why Should I Consider Changing My Teaching Approach?
Sometime ago, I commented on Diana Oblinger’s presentation at the 2005 UMW Faculty Academy. It was that presentation that introduced me to the book Educating the Net Generation, which Chapter 5 I blogged about here. I have continued to read … Continue reading
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Second Week: Some Backsliding, But More Progress
For some reason, I felt the need to lecture on Monday. Most of the material was in the textbook, but it wasn’t presented in the same framework and I thought it was important to do it my way. Afterwards, though … Continue reading
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The Experiment — After the First Week
I’ve completed the first week with my teaching experiment. So far the students don’t seem to be reacting very differently–no mass exodus, no more than the usual number of drops since the first day and all seats have been filled … Continue reading
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Geronimo
A week ago, I began to have serious misgivings about this experiment. I realized I actually had to decide what I was going to do in class next week. It stopped being a theoretical exercise and became real to me. … Continue reading
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Response to Bob Rycroft
Bob raised the $64 question in his comment on my initial Radical Revision posting when he asked, “How will this new pedagogy actually play out in the classroom. If it works well, what would the actual classroom dynamics be?” The … Continue reading
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Progress Report on a Radical Revision
Over the last few days, I’ve gone through the lecture notes for my entire introductory macro class. I compared each section of the notes with the texts for the topic to see if the material was adequately covered in the … Continue reading
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A Radical Revision of My Introductory Course
If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know that I’ve been thinking pretty widely about how to revise the teaching of my introductory course. To quote Mitchel Resnick, To take full advantage of new technology, we need to fundamentally rethink … Continue reading
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