james falkofske summer 2007. assumption # 1 students want to do well they want to be there. they...
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James FalkofskeSummer 2007
Assumption # 1 Students WANT to do Well They want to be there. They are happy to be there. If they become disgruntled, then I have
done something to them ORfailed to provide something for them.
Simple Things
Students need to understand the required formats, parameters, and styles of deliverables
If students hit 3 or 4 roadblocks, the “give up the trip” (“why should I care; the instructor doesn’t”)
Most miscommunication is the fault of the instructor who does not provide enough details and examples
If YOU were a new hire…
What if you were a new hire and told “in 16 weeks we will either promote you or FIRE you… Good Luck and GO TO WORK!” – how confident would you feel?
Would you want detailed expectations, samples of former “work” of the department, and maybe some list of policies and procedures?
We Owe our Students…
Respect Clarity Samples and Examples
“Over explain” versus under explain
Clarifying Expectations
Rigor Opportunities to Succeed for Everyone Clear grading policies Pushing to “exceed” expectations (get
students in the habit of “going beyond” the project description)
Three Levels of Competency Failing to meet the expectations (0
points) Meeting the base expectations (50-70%
of possible points) Exceeding the expectations (100% of
the possible points)
Standards and Requirements Rubric contains the standards and
requirements Additional resources provided to help
students submit in proper formats Many criteria to allow students to
demonstrate design skills as well as knowledge and understanding
Mechanics are important
Research Paper
Topic Choice Audience Adaptation Mechanics Citations Organization Logic Proper use of Course Concepts Applicability
Research Citations
Rubric includes instructor expectations for proper citations of quoted materials as well as a webpage that helps build citations.
Students need to submit 7 credible and recent research sources with their topic – to prove that there are sources available
Turn-It-In is used to verify student authorship and correct quoting of cites
Electronic Concept Project Presentation Creativity Audience Persuasion Mechanics Citations Organization Logic Proper Use of Course Concepts Specificity
Discussions Activity 1: post by mid-week reactions and
thoughts about the questions and problems for the discussion
Activity 2: by end of week, post replies to classmates which support their thoughts and arguments, refute those points, or answer questions another classmate has asked
In both activities – students must incorporate research sources, to become practiced at finding information
Reflection Paper
Demonstrate changes in attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, practices, and understandings
Helps student identify their own competencies and significant learning moments
Helps identify areas of the course that were difficult - so that instructor can provide improvements in the future
Peer Review
2 weeks before assignment turned in to instructor, students exchange completed works in the discussions.
Peer to peer feedback (to improve overall quality of deliverables)
Peer to peer teaching (learning while reading and evaluating other projects)
1 week for review; 1 week to make improvements before deadline
3 Functions of Peer Review Ensures students cannot procrastinate
on major assignments (must be turned in 2 weeks early to group)
Provides opportunities to improve language, logic, and analysis within the assignment
Allows peer-to-peer learning
Rubrics as Defense Poor work is easily identified by student Student can “pre-grade” work before
submitting it Grading becomes cleaner and clearer
(student scores in one of the three levels for each criteria – and therefore it is easy to identify where students earned/lost points
Syllabus Contains Purposes The syllabus helps identify the purposes
for each of the assignments, thereby supporting the criteria in the rubrics
Policies, and the reasons for those policies, are clearly describedlate assignmentsrequired formatsextra credit
Samples for Rubrics
http://www.pedagogyonline.com/ArticlesList.asp?topic=Rubrics
Questions?
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