Monthly Archives: April 2011

Driscoll and Wood Chapters 9 and 10

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ginny

Some of the ideas in these chapters went over my head, as I don’t have direct knowledge of how college teachers interact with each other. However, I can relate to the idea of group and collaborative work and the importance … Continue reading →

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journal article response for 4/5

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Ginny

Zeichner, K. (2010).Rethinking the connections between campus courses and field experiences in college and university-based teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education 61(1-2) 89–99. What happens if a pre-service early childhood teacher attends college, graduates with a degree in teaching, but … Continue reading →

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Depressingly pertinent article

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Michael

A Perfect Storm in Undergraduate Education, Part 2

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Teaching Observation

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jonathan Hsu

For my teaching observation I sat in on Dr. Jeff Offutt’s class on Software Usability Analysis and Design (SWE 205). Dr. Offutt amongst formerly being my neighbor and currently having his son enrolled at my Tae Kwon Do school, is … Continue reading →

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Old Syllabi

Posted on April 6, 2011 by bassman

A question for Dr. Smith and the class: I taught several classes almost 20 years ago (Introduction to the Old Testament, etc). I recently came across the syllabi. Should I include them in the portfolio as is? Or should I … Continue reading →

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Media convergence – a review

Posted on April 5, 2011 by bkuhta

Grant, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina and editor of Communication Technology Update, and Wilkinson, professor and coordinator of the International Journalism Programme at United International College (Zhuhai, China), founded jointly … Continue reading →

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Relationship between Students’ Motivation and their Participation in Asynchronous Online Discussions

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jonathan Hsu

The article I chose surveys 56 collegiate students in order to find correlations between motivation and the effectiveness of online discussion boards. It is important to note that the form of discussion researched are not through the use of tools … Continue reading →

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Journal Entry for 4/5/2011

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Michael

Traditional instruction of differential equations and conceptual learning Discrete Mathematics and its applications Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 29 Issue 2 Abstract Procedural and conceptual learning are two types of learning, related to two types of knowledge, which are … Continue reading →

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Driscoll & Wood Chapters 9 & 10

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jonathan Hsu

The two most recent chapters of Driscoll & Wood delved into the transition from applying Outcomes-Based Assessment strategies to individual classes/courses and ingraining them as department or university culture. Moreover, I felt these chapters represented a distinct epistemological shift that … Continue reading →

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Teaching Journal Article

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Jennifer

Fraiberg, S.. “Composition 2.0: Toward a Multilingual and Multimodal Framework. ” College Composition and Communication : SPECIAL ISSUE: The Future of Rhetoric and Composition 62.1 (2010): 100-126. ProQuest Education Journals, ProQuest. Web.  4 Apr. 2011. Fraiberg’s article is partly a response to calls from within composition studies for working to … Continue reading →

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