Monthly Archives: March 2011

Teaching Observation

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Jennifer

During the past couple of weeks, I have observed two of my colleagues teach.  I observed Rob Como in an English 111 (College Composition I) and Laura Casal in an English 111/009 (College Composition I with Individualized Instruction).  My experienced … Continue reading →

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Peer Evaluation

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Michael

I sat in on a class taught by a colleague of mine at Northern Virginia Community College for my teaching observation. The class was Differential Equations taught by Joe Agnich. Joe and I have discussed teaching philosophies, syllabi, etc. in … Continue reading →

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The Future of New Media

Posted on March 25, 2011 by bkuhta

I recently observed Prof. Steve Klein’s class Online Writing – 331.  The entire class was a Skype call to an embedded journalist working for Al-Jazeera in Doha, Qatar.  Watching undergraduates tweeting, blogging and interacting via Skype caused me to begin … Continue reading →

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Journal article 3/23

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Ginny

Marchel, M.A., and Keenan, K.M.S. (2005). Tradition and change: The voyage of revising an early childhood studies preparation program. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 26, 331-345. A Midwestern university early childhood education (ECE) program was found to be lagging … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Technical Questions

Posted on March 24, 2011 by bassman

As you know, our teaching assignments are coming up over the next few weeks. I was wondering a couple of things. First, I have a clicker, a remote device for changing, for example, power point slides without having to do … Continue reading →

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Teaching Observation

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ginny

I observed in an early childhood education class about literacy and language. The class size was about forty students. The room was in the basement of the Robinson building and held about fifty chairs in rows. When students came in … Continue reading →

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Midsemester Assessment

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Ginny

More work, thought, and preparation go into teaching a college course than I had previously realized.  Many of the courses I took at Northern Virginia Community College and at George Mason University have had syllabi designed by a committee or … Continue reading →

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Teaching Obeservations

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Brian Melton

For my teaching observations I attended two sections of an introductory statistics course (STAT 201) on Monday, March 7th.  The classes were taught by two different instructors, thus allowing for a comparison of different teaching styles.  Two instructors would also … Continue reading →

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Journal entry for 21 March

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Brian Melton

My article this week is “Learning Statistics at the Farmers Market?  A Comparison of Academic Service Learning and Case Studies in an Introductory Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v18n3/hiedemann.pdf.  This was the first article I have read concerning the … Continue reading →

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Journal Entry for 3/22/2011

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Michael

A short and elementary proof of the infinitude of primes Discrete Mathematics and its applications Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 27 Issue 4 This article briefly discusses Euclid’s proof of the infinitude of primes (a proof by contradiction that … Continue reading →

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