On May 23 the Bok Center hosted a discussions with Phil Soffer, VP of Operations for Piazza, and science faculty and preceptors. We asked Phil to write a guest blog post about the conversation; here are his thoughts on best practices for use of interactive social media in college courses. Phil’s post gives some pedagogically … Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Quote of the Day
“When you’re a professor, it’s possible to go long stretches of time without knowing what’s going on in the heads of learners. When you’re lecturing all the time and never hearing from students, you have no sense of how transfer or misconception deficits are accumulating.” – Grant Wiggins, Understanding Understanding*, 3/26/2012 * HUID login required … Continue reading »
Teaching with Objects, Part 4
In this four-part series, Departmental Teaching Fellows Anita Nikkanen (Comparative Literature), Erin Blevins (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), and Meredith Schweig (Music) reflect on the why, how, and what of teaching with objects. These reflections grew out of “Teaching with Tangible Things: Museum Collections in the Classroom,” a workshop they offered at the Bok Center’s 2012 … Continue reading »
The Learning-Styles Debate: Missing the Point?
Today’s guest post is from Sean O’Reilly, a PhD candidate in History and East Asian Languages. As teachers, we’ve probably all heard someone say “I’m a visual learner.” But many of us have also become aware in recent years of the persuasive research showing that so-called “learning styles” describe students’ learning preferences rather than any actual … Continue reading »
Quote of the Day
“Understanding is remembering in disguise. To get a student to understand, a teacher must ensure that the right ideas from the student’s long-term memory are pulled up…”. – Grant Wiggins, Understanding Understanding*, 3/26/2012 * HUID login required to view lecture video Continue reading »
Teaching with Objects, Part 3
In this four-part series, Departmental Teaching Fellows Anita Nikkanen (Comparative Literature), Erin Blevins (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), and Meredith Schweig (Music) reflect on the why, how, and what of teaching with objects. These reflections grew out of “Teaching with Tangible Things: Museum Collections in the Classroom,” a workshop they offered at the Bok Center’s 2012 … Continue reading »
Around the Web: Testing and Thinking
Last week there were a couple of stories in the news about how standardized testing can dovetail with curriculum development. This week, the College Board announced that David Coleman will be its new president and CEO. Coleman co-founded the non-profit that helped develop the Common Core standards, and the move demonstrates the College Board’s focus … Continue reading »
Quote of the Day
“‘Understanding’ is looking at the vast array of outcomes and saying — that’s what we want students to get/know/do.” – Grant Wiggins, Understanding Understanding*, 3/26/2012 * HUID login required to view lecture video Continue reading »
Teaching with Objects, Part 2
In this four-part series, Departmental Teaching Fellows Anita Nikkanen (Comparative Literature), Erin Blevins (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), and Meredith Schweig (Music) reflect on the why, how, and what of teaching with objects. These reflections grew out of “Teaching with Tangible Things: Museum Collections in the Classroom,” a workshop they offered at the Bok Center’s 2012 … Continue reading »
Around the Web: What Counts
Conservatives are pushing back against the Common Core, arguing Continue reading »
