CS365: SEAS Teaching Practicum

Assignments

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Due date Topic Assignment/Notes/Files
2/1 Practice teaching I Week 1 notes & Week 2 Assignment PDF
2/8 Videotape analysis and section prep Week 2 notes & Week 3 Assignment
Please watch the 3 "assignment 2" videos on the course iSite
2/15 Section planning: board use and interactions Assignment PDF
2/21 Managing your classroom: student types and difficult situations Week 4 notes & Week 5 Assignment PDF
(Email John if you need a copy of the review article.)
2/28 Practice Teaching II Prepare a short academic lesson. Week 5 Notes
3/8 Classroom Dynamics Case Study Assignment PDF (Email John if you need a copy of the case study.)
3/15 Mid-semester feedback & self-evalution (Spring Break) on the Course iSite (access restricted to class list only). Also, start looking for a section to visit.
3/22 Cognitive Science and Learning Assignment and notes (email John for the password)
3/29 Grading & Feedback Workshop Read pp. 42-45 of The Torch or the Firehose (Available from the Bok Center site under Resources - Books.)
4/5 How to make for a productive course staff Please send your advance questions for Profs. Brenner & Manoharan to John & Jason. [Here are Mike's notes from the discussion.]
4/12 Practice Teaching III Prep to teach a problem-based lesson. (For an example, see Kevin's video on the course iSite.)
4/19 Leading Technical Discussions Read Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions M. K. Smith et. al., Science, 2 January 2009: 122-124. Please send your advance questions for Prof. Seltzer to John & Jason.
4/26 TF panel: How to make you happy Send 3 your "lessons learned" to John & Jason. Also (and separately) view the three Warren S. video clips on the course iSite.