1. Reflection We have been dumping content at you really fast.
How you feel now is how your students feel all the time.
Let’s step back to SYNTHESIZE and REFLECT.
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

2. What have we learned? Peer Instruction/Think-Pair-Share
Lecture—Tutorials
JITT
Cooperative Group Problem-Solving
PhETs, Physlets, OSP
Other techniques for lower and upper-division
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

3. You are in this for the long haul!
Choose one thing at a time to learn.
Practice
Be patient with yourself
Learning how to ask the right question is the hard part.
The 1/3 rule
Don’t let the student’s leave confused.
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

4. Lecture vs. Activities The Instructor: The Students:
Paints big picture.
Inspires.
Covers lots fast.
Models speaking.
Models problem-solving.
Controls questions.
Makes connections.
The Students:
Focus on subtleties.
Experience delight.
Slow, but in depth.
Practice speaking.
Practice problem-solving.
Control questions.
Make connections.
11/21/2015
New Faculty Workshop

5. How to Choose? Increase information flow from your students to you.
Increase your responsiveness.
What does the class size/structure allow.
Student experience and expectations.
How much chaos are you comfortable with.
How loud is your voice.
Your gender, size, age, race, etc.
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

6. How to Establish Norms Picking up someone else’s baby.
Restaurants and room constraints.
Tell students what you are doing and why.
Tell students what you expect and repeat.
Looming and rolling your eyes
Don’t whine or blame.
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

7. Assessment How will you know if it is working?
Formative vs. Summative.
Zwolak graph.
Time on task.
What are your goals????
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

8. Support—People STUDENTS! Others from this workshop.
Faculty Learning Communities
Mentors
Meetings—AAPT!
Workshops
Centers for Teaching and Learning
Chairs and Deans
Online Resources
ComPADRE
PhysPort
Grants
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop

9. Discussion Your department’s reaction to you trying this.
Dealing with individual students
Labs
Yourself as a teacher
Choosing strategies
Implementation questions (2-3x)
6/24/2014
New Faculty Workshop