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TUTORIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2004 link to Syllabus |
Time
& Place: The first class, a two-hour orientation session before classes
start, will be held on Monday, August 30th from 2:00 to 4:00
p.m. in 109 Memorial Hall. This is an especially important session and
all tutor-facilitators should be present. Thereafter enrolled students will meet
either from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Mondays in 206 Alison Hall West or 4:00 -
6:00 p.m. in 109 Memorial Hall. 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:
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Monday
August 30th 2:00 - 4:00 PM 109 Memorial Hall |
Getting Started:
Tutor-Facilitator Orientation Session What is PBL? Boyer Commission Report - REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities |
Fri Sept 10 Mon Sept 13 |
Cognitive Development & Personality:
Perry Scheme (William G. Perry, Jr.), and Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assignment: Take the Jung Typology Test on-line questionnaire. |
Fri Sept 17 Mon Sept 20 |
Questioning Skills to Probe for
Deeper Understanding Bloom's Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom) |
Fri Sept 24 Mon Sept 27 |
Questioning Skills continued |
Fri Oct 1 Mon Oct 4 |
Behaviors that Undermine Group
Function: Trigger Tapes and Discussion of Problem Situations from "Groups in Action," PBL
teaching cases for tutor-facilitators. |
Fri Oct 8 Mon Oct 11 |
Dealing with Behaviors that Affect
Group Function Tutor-Facilitator Case Studies Drafts |
Fri Oct 15 Mon Oct 18 |
Fish bowl exercise-"Hot Headed
Mole". Case Study I Due |
Fri Oct 22 Mon Oct 25 |
Managing Interpersonal Conflict
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Fri Oct 29 Mon Nov 1 |
Dealing with Misconceptions Biology Misconceptions Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
Fri Nov 5 Mon Nov 8 |
Evaluation: Giving and Receiving
Feedback Maintaining a Good Learning Environment, |
Fri Nov 12 Mon Nov 15 |
No Class |
Fri Nov 19 Mon Nov 22 |
Discussion of Tutor Facilitator Case Studies. Video Vignettes of PBL tutor-facilitator Challenges |
Fri Nov 26 Mon Nov 29 |
Thanksgiving Break |
Fri Dec 2 Mon Dec 5 |
Course Evaluation (and Pizza) |