STEP Fellows
Assignment
Due: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Materials needed:
I.
McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College
and University Teachers (Paperback) - 11th Ed.
Read Chapters 4 and 5 in Part 2 (pgs. 30-69) in Teaching Tips.
a. For each chapter read, make a list of some pros and cons for each teaching method
described.
b. Write down any questions you have from these pages.
II.
Read Part 4 (pgs. 170-223) in Teaching Tips.
a. For each chapter read, make a list of some pros and cons for each teaching method
described.
b. Write down any questions you have from these pages.
III.
Put in practice.
Identify a common topic of instruction in your discipline that might appear in the
curriculum a high school student will encounter (for example, from ECE:
positive/negative charges). Take that concept, and reflect on how an instructor’s
approach to the topic might vary according to the mode of instruction. Prepare brief
descriptions (3-4 sentences each) that explain the instructional techniques/strategies that
you would employ in order to present the same material via only 3 of the following
modes:
Brief lecture
Game
Project
Physical demonstration
Case study/simulation
Reading and discussion
Collaborative learning
Technological tool
Experimentation
During the May 25, 2006 meeting, volunteers will be asked to summarize their
descriptions and discuss the relative pros and cons for utilizing said techniques/strategies.
STEP Fellows Assignment 1
Due: Thursday, May 25, 2006