1. Dr. Barbara J. Millis Author, Consultant San Antonio, Texas 78255

3. Consequences
Barbara
Boot Camp for Profs

4. The Zen of Power Point

5. Goals

7. Readiness Assurance
Test (RAT)
Individual, then Group

9. Quiz Questions

10. Find a Partner/Pair

11. The Quiet Signal

12. The Three Step Interview

13. Three-Step Interview Process
A B
Interviews
B A
Interviews

14. Three Step Interview Questions

15. “Sponge” or Extension Activity

16. First Things First

17. Monitoring

18. THREE COMMON PROBLEMS:
Lack of Interest: “Students are bored with my class and lose interest quickly.”
Poor Preparation: “Students don’t do the assigned readings before class.”
Poor Retention of Learning: “Students do well on the test, but on the next test or in the next course, they seem to forget everything they learned earlier.”

19. Lack of Interest Lack of Interest
1. Enhance the teacher’s lecturing skills.
2. Use more material from “cutting edge” research.
3. Re-design the course to replace lecturing with more active learning.

20. Poor Student Preparation
Slide: Poor Student Preparation
1. Assign more severe penalties for not doing the readings beforehand.
2. Give students a pep talk.
3. Re-design the course to give students a reason to do the readings.

21. Poor Retention of Learning
1. Make the tests better (or tougher)
2. Require students to complete a refresher course
3. Re-design the course to give students more experience with using what they have learned
Poor Retention of Learning

22. Dreaming Exercise

23. Integrated Course Design
Key Components
Learning Goals
Feedback & Assessment
Teaching &
Learning
Activities
Situational Factors
Collecting information about…
Specific Context
Expectations by people outside the course
Nature of the Subject
Nature of Students
Nature of Teacher
S i t u a t i o n a l F a c t o r s

24. Situational Factors: Situational Factors Collecting information about…
Collecting information about…
Specific Context
Expectations by people outside the course
Nature of the Subject
Nature of Students
Nature of Teacher

25. Roundtable

26. Using the Roundtable method, as a team list as many situational factors as you can.

27. Stand up and Share

28. Examples of
SITUATIONAL
FACTORS

29. What is Cooperative Learning?
Enhancing Learning—and more!—Through Cooperative Learning
Understanding Cooperative Learning
a structured form of
small group problem solving that
incorporates the use of heterogeneous teams,
maintains individual accountability,
promotes positive interdependence,
instills group processing, and
sharpens social skills

30. Group Formation