Teaching Techniques

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COURSE SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Admin Gift
Admin Gift
Admin Gift
Admin Gift
800
Principles of Teaching Learning
Lab III Practice Class 1
Design of Instruction
Lab IV Practice Class 2
Rapport
Making it Work
Learning Styles
1000
Assessment
Learning Objectives
ASCE Initiatives
Planning A Class
Graduation
1200
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Admin Gift
Teaching Assessment
Intro to ETW
Lab V Practice Class 3
Demo Class II
Chalkboard
200
Lab IV (continued)
Learning To Teach
Communi- cation Skills
Lab II Objectives
Demo Class I
Demo Class III
400
Class Prep Working Dinner
600
Hudson River Cruise
Lab I Team- Building
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Seminar VII
Teaching Assessment
Steve Ressler
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Types of Assessment

• Assessment of a Program
• Assessment of a Course
• Assessment of Teaching
• Assessment of Student Learning

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Teaching Assessment

• Student Assessments
• Peer Assessments
• Self-Assessment

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Classroom Assessment Technique 5
Preconception Check
Dont put your name on the paper!
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Research on Student Ratings

• PERCEPTION Students lack the wisdom and
  experience to assess teaching effectiveness.
• REALITY Student ratings correlate highly with
  ratings by
• Faculty peers
• Administrators
• Alumni
• Graduating seniors

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Felder Chem Eng Ed, 1992
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Research on Student Ratings

• PERCEPTION Students who give an instructor low
  ratings today will come to appreciate that
  instructor in later years.
• REALITY Student ratings are highly stable over
  time.

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Research on Student Ratings

• PERCEPTION Student ratings are just popularity
  contests. Easy graders get higher ratings.
• REALITY
• Teachers who assign more work are rated as most
  effective.
• Teachers who assign more difficult work are rated
  as most effective.
• There is little or no correlation between grading
  practices and student ratings.

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Research on Student Ratings

• PERCEPTION Teachers who get higher ratings
  arent really doing a better job of teaching.
• REALITY Teachers rated as most effective by
  students tend to be those whose students
• Perform best on achievement tests
• Score higher on common exams
• Elect advanced courses in those same subjects
• Choose to major in those subjects

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Research on Peer and Self-Ratings

• Peer ratings show poor internal consistency.
• Self-ratings correlate poorly with student
  ratings.
• Both can be improved substantially using
• Structured procedure.
• Structured assessment instrument.

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Teaching Assessments in ETW

• Every class.
• Simulate student assessments via role-playing
• A low-threat developmental environment
• Use the Teaching Assessment Worksheet

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Teaching Assessment Worksheet
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Discussion of Teaching AssessmentsFollowing
Practice Classes

• First Class Mentor
• Second Class Peers
• Third Class Self

Save your Teaching Assessment Worksheets
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Seminar VII
Teaching Assessment
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Questions?
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Demonstration Class II

• The Class
• Instructor Ron Welch
• Course CE300 Statics
• Topic Truss Analysis 2
• Location Room 205
• Number of Boards 9 3
• Admin
• CE300 Study Notes are in your notebook.
• Bring your notebook and a calculator.
• Use a Teaching Assessment Worksheet to assess
  Rons class.

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