UNIV-460 Section 10 
TUTORIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2013
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Syllabus

Time & Place: Wednesdays 1:25-3:00 PM in 220 Brown Lab. Every Tutorial Methods  of Instruction class will include time to discuss problem situations and successes tutors have are experiencing. In order to gain practical experience, you will serve as a tutor-facilitator in one of the problem-based learning (PBL) or Peer-led team learning (PLTL) courses on campus, and meet on a regular basis with the instructor of that course for more specific content preparation.  The tentative schedule for the semester is as follows:
 

Date
Topic
Class 1
9/9

Getting Started: 
    Tutor-Facilitator Orientation Session (PowerPoint Presentation)
       What is PBL?   What is PLTL?
       Boyer Commission Report
       REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
Class 2
9/16

The 5E Instructional Model
POGIL Instructor's Guide
        Dr. Jackie Fajardo - guest instructor
Class 3
9/23
Cognitive Development & Personality: 
       Perry Scheme (William G. Perry, Jr.), and 
       Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assignment
       Take the Jung Typology Test on-line questionnaire.
Class 4
9/30
Questioning Skills to Probe for Deeper Understanding
       Bloom's Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom)
Class 5
10/7
Student Group Presentations on Questioning Skills
     Developing Questioning Skills by Karon Lewis
     Some Techniques for Developing Questiioning Skills - U Texas
     Good Science begins with good questions - J. Coll. Sci. Teaching 30(3) 192 (2000)
     Some Thoughts on Questioning
     In-depth look at Bloom's Taxonomy - U Texas
Class 6
10/14
Common Group Situations and how to deal with them.
Discuss PBL teaching cases for tutor-facilitators.
Class 7
10/21

Peer Reviewing Teaching Case Studies
Tutor-Facilitator Case Studies Drafts due
10/28
Motivating Students to Learn
     Motivation Applied to Teaching

Class 8
11/4
Dealing with Misconceptions
      Biology Misconceptions
      Chemistry Misconceptions
      Chemistry Concept Tests
      Physical Science Concepts in Biology

Class 9
11/11
Behaviors that Undermine Group Function: Trigger Tapes and Discussion of Problem Situations from "Groups in Action," PBL teaching cases for tutor-facilitators.
Class 10
11/18
No Class:  Access and puruse the links below.
Small Groups, Cooperative Learning, PBL, POGIL, and PLTL
Introduction to Science Education Literature:  Pick an issue or two of the Journal of Chemical Education and find an article that is relevant to your teaching or learning and read it.
Class 11
11/25
Mentoring other students
Entering Mentoring
Class 12
12/2
Discussion of Tutor Facilitator Case Studies.
Video Vignettes
of PBL tutor-facilitator Challenge
s
Course Evaluation (and Pizza)


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