UNIV-460 Section 44  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 30^th 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:
 

Date	Topic
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
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)