Monthly Archives: March 2011

journal article 3/16

Milner, H. R.(2009) What Does Teacher Education Have to Do With Teaching? Implications for Diversity Studies. Journal of Teacher Education, 61(1-2) 118–131. http://jte.sagepub.com/content/61/1-2/118 Milner tackles the issue of teacher preparation for the increasing diversity in P-12 classrooms and concludes that … Continue reading

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Journal Entry for 3/15/2011

Applicable problems in the history of mathematics – practical examples for the classroom Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Volume 26 Issue 1 Abstract: This text has been centered on two main ideas: the specifications of a good problem to be … Continue reading

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Journal Entry for 15 March

Brian Melton March 12, 2011 My article this week is “Student Centered Instruction in a Theoretical Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/batesprins.html.  In teaching an introductory statistics course, I am very interested in developing a student centered approach.  Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Make a List of What You Know…(journal article)

One of the things we have discussed in class several times and/or have read about is how do you ascertain what your students may already know or don’t know about the subject you are teaching? This is helpful in a … Continue reading

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Peer-Teaching Sessions

29 March: Bass 5 April:  Brian K; Jennifer 12 April: Brian M;  Michael 19 April:  Khanh; Ginny 26 April:

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Mid-Semester Assessment

As another building block on the way to your final teaching portfolio, here are the guidelines for the CTCH 602 mid-semester assessment.  If you would feel more comfortable responding to question (2) anonymously, we can arrange to do this: At … Continue reading

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teaching philosophy revised

Teaching Philosophy “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.”                           -Chinese proverb. “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”                        –Albert … Continue reading

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article in yesterday’s Post

Hi Class, Thought I would share this article. I like the way the professor used a student’s concern to make a class assignment more relatable. College computer science courses jumping on mobile app bandwagon Jenna Johnson 7 March 2011 The … Continue reading

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Teaching Portfolios

As I was posting our materials at the end of our last meeting, I managed to kick one of the many cables around the computer which then disconnected the computer (and thus lost our collaborative brainstorming).  I’ve been putting together … Continue reading

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Reflections on Driscoll chapters 7-8

Walk in Their Shoes Part of what spoke to me in these chapters was the essential reminder that learning is first and foremost about the learners, the students. In other words, it is student-centered. Part of what this means is … Continue reading

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