Comments on: Confusing Requirements http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/confusing-requirements A teaching and learning conference. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: debrennersmith http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/confusing-requirements/comment-page-1#comment-54 debrennersmith Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:38:00 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/teaching-and-learning/confusing-requirements#comment-54 I appreciate your post. My son is a senior in High School. He is only taking one class at the high school and taking 9 at the Junior College (5 first semester and 4 second semester). As he figures out the Junior college, it is tips such as these that I appreciate sending to him before he starts at his college experience in the Fall. http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com I appreciate your post. My son is a senior in High School. He is only taking one class at the high school and taking 9 at the Junior College (5 first semester and 4 second semester). As he figures out the Junior college, it is tips such as these that I appreciate sending to him before he starts at his college experience in the Fall. http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com

]]> By: LGD http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/confusing-requirements/comment-page-1#comment-51 LGD Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/teaching-and-learning/confusing-requirements#comment-51 Formatting of papers and cover pages became very easy at our college. All classes are to conform to APA style formatting, and an APA handbook is part of the required texts of more than one class.<br/><br/>How do we have consistency in the handbooks? The college created our own.<br/><br/>How do we work toward consistency in class assignments and such? At the program major level. All classes are expected to achieve the same class outcomes, so all the Math classes and Accounting classes [for example] are covering the same material with many of the same assignments. So we may as well have grading rubrics in common, too.<br/><br/>How do we make sure we are getting much the same quality of teaching? Trusted faculty are responsible for obseriving and grading the other faculty in their departments. Samples of graded work are collected and assessed against the preferred standards. Coaching of faculty is done by these lead instructors to get everyone up to our standards.<br/><br/>All this, and yet each class instructor has plenty of freedom for delivery of the topics and how to help students learn. Best practices are then shared with the peers. Formatting of papers and cover pages became very easy at our college. All classes are to conform to APA style formatting, and an APA handbook is part of the required texts of more than one class.

How do we have consistency in the handbooks? The college created our own.

How do we work toward consistency in class assignments and such? At the program major level. All classes are expected to achieve the same class outcomes, so all the Math classes and Accounting classes [for example] are covering the same material with many of the same assignments. So we may as well have grading rubrics in common, too.

How do we make sure we are getting much the same quality of teaching? Trusted faculty are responsible for obseriving and grading the other faculty in their departments. Samples of graded work are collected and assessed against the preferred standards. Coaching of faculty is done by these lead instructors to get everyone up to our standards.

All this, and yet each class instructor has plenty of freedom for delivery of the topics and how to help students learn. Best practices are then shared with the peers.

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