http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/getting-students-to-read A teaching and learning conference. Mon, 23 May 2011 15:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/getting-students-to-read/comment-page-1#comment-35 Ms. Mize Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:39:00 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/teaching-and-learning/getting-students-to-read#comment-35 When I was in college, I often read the chapters to review. This is because I found that if I read before class I was bored to tears. Many times my professors would get up in front of class and tell me what the book said. I didn't mind when they pointed out something from the text or highlighted it. But when class was a regurgitation of what I read in lecture format, why read the book? Not all my professors did this. I would start the semester reading the chapters and adjust accordingly. Of course, I never wrote this on course reviews which I should have. I didn't experience this when I was working on my grad degree. When I was in college, I often read the chapters to review. This is because I found that if I read before class I was bored to tears. Many times my professors would get up in front of class and tell me what the book said. I didn’t mind when they pointed out something from the text or highlighted it. But when class was a regurgitation of what I read in lecture format, why read the book? Not all my professors did this. I would start the semester reading the chapters and adjust accordingly. Of course, I never wrote this on course reviews which I should have. I didn’t experience this when I was working on my grad degree.

]]> http://www.teachingprofessor.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/getting-students-to-read/comment-page-1#comment-34 Derek Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.teachingprofessor.com/teaching-and-learning/getting-students-to-read#comment-34 Thanks for pointing out these articles. I've used the Just-in-Time Teaching approach in my mathematics courses, and I've found it to be successful, as well. When used as Jay R. Howard describes in his article, it seems to reliably motivate students to read before class. I'm glad he described how he uses student comments from pre-class reading quizzes during class. I think that's an important ingredient and one I could use more often. Thanks for pointing out these articles. I’ve used the Just-in-Time Teaching approach in my mathematics courses, and I’ve found it to be successful, as well. When used as Jay R. Howard describes in his article, it seems to reliably motivate students to read before class. I’m glad he described how he uses student comments from pre-class reading quizzes during class. I think that’s an important ingredient and one I could use more often.

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