World History
What do you do with the first 5 minutes of class?
James M. Lang, professor of English and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College, in Worcester, Mass., suggests that by making some small changes, we can grab students' attention right away.
Here are a couple of changes he outlines in a recent essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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World History
First 5 Minutes of Class
What do you do with the first 5 minutes of class?
James M. Lang, professor of English and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College, in Worcester, Mass., suggests that by making some small changes, we can grab students' attention right away.
Here are a couple of changes he outlines in a recent essay for the Chronicle of Higher Education.
- Start class with an interesting and important question about the material you are going cover and let students try to answer it.
- Ask students to review what they learned in the previous class. Lang believes that by reactivating what they learned, students will be better prepared for the next lesson. You can write the key points on the board as students volunteer responses.
- Activate students' prior knowledge from other courses. Lang says that this is a good way to deal with preconceptions.
Lang suggests that students might write answers to the previous questions. He believes that frequent low stakes writing like this can increase learning.
Professor Lang has also written a book about testing and cheating as well articles about it, which you can see here.
Thanks to Joanne Fuchs for tweeting the link.
Professor Lang has also written a book about testing and cheating as well articles about it, which you can see here.
Thanks to Joanne Fuchs for tweeting the link.
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Which online quiz-game platform do you use with your students? Kahoot is very popular, and recently I've been experimenting with quizizz. Both are easy to use and engaging for students. But I just recently learned of a new platform called Triventy.I've...
- Using Socrative As A Formative Assessment
If your kids like Kahoot, they will also like Socrative. I plan to try it this fall. Like Kahoot, Socrative is way to get questions to students who can answer with their smart devices. You can develop open ended questions, multiple choice questions, true...
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This is an interesting article about "the seismic shift" in online learning that may reshape higher education. Coursera is the year old company that is bringing together the consortium of universities. They expect to offer over 100 free online courses...